Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the 2005 International RERTR Meeting
THE UNITED
STATES FOREIGN RESEARCH REACTOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
ACCEPTANCE PROGRAM: PROGRAM CONTINUATION AND CURRENT
INITIATIVES
C. E. Messick and J. L.
Taylor
U.S. Department of Energy
National Nuclear Security Administration
Office of Global Nuclear Material Threat Reduction
Savannah River Operations Office
P.O. Box A, Aiken, South Carolina 29802
United States of America
ABSTRACT
The United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE),
in consultation with the Department of State, adopted
the Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Policy Concerning
Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel in May 1996.
The policy was slated to expire May 12, 2009. On October
15, 2003, a petition requesting a program extension was
delivered to the United States Secretary of Energy by a
group of research reactor operators from foreign
countries. In April 2004, the Secretary directed DOE to
undertake an analysis, as required by the National
Environmental Policy Act, to consider potential
extension of the Program and to re-organize the program
under the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration’s
(NNSA’s) new Office of Global Nuclear Material Threat
Reduction. Subsequently, program management transitioned
to NNSA and the program was extended for an additional
10 years. This paper provides a brief update on the
program, discusses program transition to NNSA, the
extension of the program, and the resulting direction
and initiatives.
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