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HLW, TRU, LLW/ILW, Mixed, Hazardous Wastes & Environmental Management
WM2009 Waste Management for the Nuclear Renaissance
March 1-5, 2009
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WMSymposia is a non-profit dedicated to education and opportunity
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Session 40 - International SNF Recycling - Status and Near Future Progress Assessment
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This panel session will focus on updating WM attendees on spent fuel recycling activities. The panel will discuss different reprocessing/recycling approaches, institutional issues (regulatory and non-proliferation), and broader political issues associated with making a bolder step forward for improving the sustainability of nuclear power through spent fuel recycling. The drivers for recycling will be discussed, including: 1) improving US energy security through a reliable, diverse and sustainable domestic energy supply, 2) improving nuclear waste management and disposal, and 3) expanding the benefits of nuclear power internationally in a way that does not increase the risk of proliferation. Counter arguments will also be discussed, including: 1) proliferation concerns over reprocessing technology and accumulated plutonium, 2) economic viability, and 3) adequacy of safeguards. The panel will consist of a series of introductory remarks by each of the panelists expressing their viewpoints on recycling followed by a question and answer session among the panel members and with the attendees.
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Chair(s):
James Buelt, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (USA)
Sal Golub, US DOE, Office of Fast Reactor Development (USA)
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