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    , , ,Ian Horton, Hsiao-chi Peng, Roxanne Li

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    What is Current Nuclear Technology?hat is Current Nuclear Technology?

    classifications of nuclear reactors Generation I: earliest prototypes and reactors developed

    Generation II: reactors built commercially through the 1990s

    Generation III: evolutionary improvements on Generation II

    researched

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    All reactors generate fissile

    material, but breeders produce

    more fissile material than theyconsume (Pu-239!). . VERY expensive.

    Reprocessing required.

    Thorium :

    Potential source of massive amounts ofenergy, with less waste.

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    Definitively Generation IV technology.3

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    Breeder Reactors

    Can produce more fissile material than theyconsume.

    Require an initial stock of fissile enricheduranium or plutonium.

    water as a coolant (usually molten sodium).

    Have been successfully built before! Notablythe French Superphnix produced electricityfrom 1985 to 1997.

    Can be rigged to burn fertile Thorium ornaturally occurring uranium.

    Very few made for commercial production highly experimental.

    Generall considered Generation IV.

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    More abundantthan uranium

    Difficult to reprocess

    Less long-lived

    waste products

    Still requires an initialstock of enriched

    uranium or plutonium

    Less overallradioactive waste

    No large scalecommercial reactors

    are currently

    e a ve y cu oweaponize (it is not

    fissile)

    opera ona

    Generation IV fuelsource

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    A reactor A reactor

    with lessthan 300 with lessthan 700

    capacity is

    considered

    capacity is

    defined as. .

    SMRs provide flexibility and require less capital investment.

    Unfortunately, SMRs are NOT currently available on themarket, and it may be a long time before they arecommercially available in the United States.

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    Small and Medium Sized Reactors: SMRs

    Smaller reactors have a smaller capital investment. By riggingseveral smaller plants to achieve the same output as a larger plant,revenue can be enerated before the ro ect is com leted limitinthe maximum negative cash flow of the project. This is the conceptbehind the 225 MWe International Reactor Innovative and Secure(IRIS), which will boast a built time of 2-3 years for a single unit.

    SMRs can also be hooked up independent of the grid toserve remote locations.

    , ,the pressurized water reactor, IRIS. Here are a few of the front-runners:

    The 80-165 MWe Pebble Bed Modular Reactor uses helium gas as a

    coolant and graphite as a modulator. Since it can operate at highertemperatures than conventional reactors, it is more efficient with its fuel:metal-alloy pellets. The design is in the pre-application process with the

    ,Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor.

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    The Toshiba Super Safe, Small, and Simple (4S) is a sodium cooled

    ,operate without maintenance for 30 years before being excavated andreturned to the company. It is in the pre-application stage with theNRC, and there is a proposed site for a prototype in Galena, AK. It isscheduled to perhaps be the first of its kind to reach the commercial

    market, but there are significant safety concerns. A lack of routinemaintenance for 30 years poses a problem, as unexpected problems

    . ,unnoticed breach in the system could lead to a large explosion. Thelack of maintenance, while initially appealing, is possibly a potential

    snag for many SMRs.

    The 25 MWe Hyperion Power Module (HPM) is designed to be buriedand maintenance free for a eriod of 7-10 ears before refuelin . It

    would use a 20% enriched uranium nitride fuel, and would be leadbismuth cooled. A mere 1.5m x 2.5m in size, the HPM is highlyportable, completely sealed, and has no moving parts. Hyperion

    ,build a prototype by 2015.

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    SMRs are not currentl available on the commercial market, and even themost advanced ones still have a long way to go before they can be soldcommercially in the US. This is for a few possible reasons:

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    SMRs require new technology, and this technology has not been as readilyavailable as that of large reactors.

    2) Furthermore, regulatory barriers prevent SMRs from being economicallyviable at this point, even if the capital costs are lower. That is because

    regulations put in place by the NRC are specifically for large plants, and they. ,

    of $4.5M for each operating license it issues. This is not a huge fee for alarge plant, but for the small rate of power SMRs produce, the number canbe stifling. Similar regulatory issues exist with decommissioning funds,

    insurance, and liability that make it easier and more economical to build alarger plant. Until these regulations are tailored to the new situation, SMRswill have difficulty reaching the commercial market in the US.

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    Design

    Characteristics Coolant NRC

    Status

    GenerationIII

    (ABWR)

    Reactors,1350Mwe Water Certifiedin1997

    AP600 PassiveSafetyFeatures,

    600MWe Water Certifiedin1999

    AP1000 Passive

    Safety

    Features,

    1,100MWe Water Certifiedin2005

    EconomicSimpleBoilingWater PassiveSafetyFeatures,Water

    AppliedforCertification in 2005;

    eac or , we n er ev ew

    U.S.EvolutionjaryPowerReactor

    (USEPR)

    GreaterSafetyMargins,

    1,600Mwe Water

    AppliedforCertification2007;

    UnderReview

    U.S.Advanced

    Pressurized

    Similar

    to

    Current

    Applied

    for

    Certification

    in

    2007;

    WaterReactor(ASAPWR) Reactors,1700Mwe UnderReview

    InternationalReactorInnovative

    andSecure(IRIS)

    InnovativeModular

    Design,325MWe Water

    HasnotyetAppliedfor

    Certification

    GenerationIV

    SupercriticalWater

    Cooled

    Reactor(SCWR) Large

    Plant,

    1,700MWe Water Has

    not

    yet

    Applied

    for

    Certification

    LeadCooledFastReactor(LFR)

    Lowpowerreacors,Long

    refulingperiod;501200LiquidLeador HasnotyetAppliedfor

    MWe

    SodimCooled

    Fast

    Reactor

    (SFR) 150

    1,700

    Mwe Liquid

    Sodium

    HasnotyetAppliedfor

    Certification10

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    Generation III+ Pressurized Light

    Water Reactor

    Many simplified passive safetymeasures in place.

    1154 MWe

    12 units are scheduled foroperation in China by 2015.

    14 licenses have been filed forreactors in the US, and 1 contracthas been agreed upon in Vogtle,

    **First Generation III+ reactorto have been approved by

    .

    Commission (2005)**

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    Westinghouse AP1000

    Great Things to Come!

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    Construction Decommissioning

    Operation

    3 650

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    Capital

    Material costs var widel overtime and geography

    Construction

    Delays and unexpected

    Discount Rate

    Interests rates have asignificant effect in this period All construction performed withnegative profit

    Solution: Modularization

    Westinghouse hasattempted to cut construction

    time to 36 months thou h

    modularization of AP1000

    reactor sections14

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    AP1000 Construction Cost

    Estimates$3.3 B Westinghouse

    2008 MIT

    StudyWorld Nuclear

    $1.8 B

    $2.2 BAssociation

    $1.32 B

    600 MWe CoalPlantWestinghouse AP1000 15

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    $3000/KW $3000/KW

    $2000/KW

    $1200/KW

    600 MWe CoalPlantWestinghouse AP1000 16

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    Uranium

    Consistently theowes cos ener y

    resource Front end

    -20% of totalcost/KW

    inelastic withrespect to fuel

    Source: Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI):http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/reliableandaffordableenergy/graphicsandcharts/monthlyfuelcosttouselectricutilities17

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    - Only 3 licensed facilities in U.S.

    Carolina US Ecology in Washington State

    EnergySolutions Clive Operations in Utah

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    -

    cooling pools

    Safety controls-

    monitors and

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    Inde endent S ent

    Fuel StorageInstallations

    ac o s up toPWR fuel

    For AP1000 over 10yrs, produce enough

    fuel assemblies tofill 28 ISFSIs

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    -

    Vitrification

    Stored on-site for 40-50 years, after

    remains

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    5x less high-level waste

    Faster rate of decay

    Recovery of uranium andplutonium for re-use

    Further development throughU.S. partnership with GNEP

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    In 2010, construction halted and Office of

    Civilian Radioactive Waste Managementwas disbanded , , an

    environmental

    NRC.

    industry suingEnergyDepartment

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    Nuclear Accidents are not viewed as a good

    thing due to loss of life and long term effects

    on the land Chernobyl, Fukushima, 3 mile island

    In all 3 cases, critical safety precautions wereoverlooked (this is true in Fukushima Japan

    too even thou h it was s urred b a tsunami Nuclear Plants feature defense in depth, a

    series of redundant safety features that will

    emergency Most accidents occur because these

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    Control of Radioactivit

    Most common method is to introduceneutron absorbing control rods into thereac or

    Maintenance of Core Cooling

    temp environments, sodium may be needed

    Concrete walls, vacuum building, PPE and

    SOP

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    Stron Em hasis on Passive Safet

    Systems use natural forces (gravity, natural

    physics

    Virtually no moving parts (lack of pumps,ans, ese genera ors, c ers, e crequired for safety system

    Valve onl movin art movement is

    made using stored energy from springs,compressed gas or batteries.

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    Core cooling and containmentindefinitel with no o erator or AC owersupport requirements

    Passive residual heat removal

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    Emergency Core cooling system

    in AP1000

    Desi ned to rotect a ainst leaks in the

    reactor cooling system Safety Injection and Depressurization

    Relies on water from core makeup tanks,accumulators, and in-containment refueling

    water stora e tank Passive Residual heat removal

    PRHR heat exchanger

    Passive Containment Cooling system Relies on air circulation passing over

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    . Not always taken into consideration when

    discussing Nuclear Power Includes Shutdown, waste disposal,

    dismantlin and restoration of overall site to astate in which it is no longer hazardous to thegeneral public

    Immediate Dismantling: relatively quick Safe enclosure: average 40 to 60 years before doing

    an thin

    Entombment: site is designed to retain everything itgenerates over the course of its active life foreveronsite in a safe manner

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    Greenhouse Gas Emissionsreenhouse Gas Emissions

    http://depletedcranium.com/greenpeace-issues-top-ten-against-nuclear-power/

    Nuclear power plant operation emits no or negligible

    amounts of carbon dioxide.

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    A European treatmentof roduction andexternal costs,

    specifically of powergeneration in

    Project), has been doneby the Paul Scherrer

    Institute and shows thatthe damage costs fromfossil fuels are 10 to350% of the production

    The twin bars represent the range of values for plants operating in=

    ,

    nuclear are very small.

    http://www.vattenfall.com/en/file/2005-LifeCycleAssessment_8459810.pdf36

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    Carbon Footprint Comparison

    Continued

    Figures published from Japan's CentralResearch Institute of the Electric Power

    Full Lifecycle CO2 Emissions from Energy

    Industry give life cycle carbon dioxideemission figures for various generationtechnologies. Nuclear power is only bestedby wind and hydro.

    Wind is the only more carbon neutralpower generation source

    http://world-nuclear.org/info/inf68.htmlhttp://www.world-nuclear.org/climatechange/nuclear_meetingthe_climatechange_challenge.html

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    Emissions of a nuclear power plant at various stages of operation showing thefossil CO2 contributions from fossil fuel derived sources.

    http://www.vattenfall.com/en/file/2005-LifeCycleAssessment_8459810.pdf

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    Nuclear ower has hi her overall lifetime costs.

    Cap and Trade may drive down that cost bytrading credits.

    Cap and Trade has little impact on the nuclearpower option because of it negligible production of

    reenhouse ases. Policies are currently being considered to increase

    reliance on nuclear power in conjunction with

    renewa es an ap an ra e o ecreasedependency on foreign fuel.

    http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/pdf/nuclearpower-ch1-3.pdf39

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    Ma or U.S uranium reserves

    http://www.energy-net.org/01NUKE/u-mining/us-uranium-usgs.jpg40

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    Cayuga Lake

    en tat on

    290-megawatt coal-fired plant

    830-megawatt nuclear-fueledsteam electric station

    Heat from the lant would add a roximatel 6 billion Btu er hour to the water over and

    Maximum depth of 435 feet, and a mean depth of 179 feet.

    A volume of 331 billion cubic feet.

    above the reported 1.3 billion Btu per hour heat rejection from Milliken.

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    Simple Calculation of Temp. incensementimple Calculation of Temp. incensement

    Capacity of power it will be heated at a rate

    Flow rate of coolingwater:1100 cubic feet /

    o =

    megawatts. 1780X947 = 1 680 000

    The thermal efficiency ofnuclear power plants : 32%

    Btu (of energy are putinto 1100 cubic feet of

    megawatt = 947 Btu ofenergy

    .

    The water will be heated1,680,000/(62.4X1100)

    the temperature of onepound of water by 10 F

    =25F

    .pounds

    25F in the condensers.

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    The effects on Ca u a Lake

    Thermal Stratification - refer to a change inthe temperature at different depths in the lake,

    due to the change in water's density with.

    Heat

    Temp. high Temp. low

    ens y ow

    Temp. low

    MIXED

    ens y g .Density high

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    depletion in the large underlying layer of cooler water,

    will become lower than they do at present, before being

    re lenished b the dela ed fall mixin of the u er andlower layers.

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    Government Support for New

    Projects

    The typical U.S. electric company cannotafford to inde endentl finance new ro ects

    High construction costs

    Political and re ulator risks Cost overruns by the licensing process and

    litigation

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    tax credits

    loan guarantees

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    Production Tax Credits

    allows 6,000 megawatts of new nuclear capacity to

    earn $18 per megawatt-hour for the first eight years

    .

    plant is capped at $125 million per year

    The construction and operating license application had to

    have been submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

    Commission by Dec. 31, 2008. The plant must be under construction by January 1, 2014.

    e p ant must e operat ng y anuary , .

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    Loan Guarantee

    through the Department of Energy General Ob ective of the Loan Guarantee: to

    support the commercial deployment of

    innovative technologies that reduce

    em ss ons

    allows a more highly leveraged capital

    guaranteed project debt cannot exceed 80percent of total project cost)

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    pay a premium for the insurance coverage

    six new nuclear plants. Standby support

    covers delays caused only by factorsou s e a company s con ro

    administered by the Department of Energy

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    State-specific policies Some states may:

    guarantee that capital costs associated with construction willbe added to the rate base when the plant comes online

    passed on to ratepayers during construction. *Note: Allowing CWIP reduces the cost ratepayers will pay

    for power from the plant when it goes into commercial. assist with financing for unregulated plants by allowing pre-

    negotiated, long-term power purchase agreements (PPA). PPAs guarantee the project will have a source of cash flow

    an cos recovery once s opera ona

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    Government Support for Research

    and Development (R D)

    The U.S. wants to develop in collaboration with

    other nations reprocessing and fuel treatment

    technolo ies that are:

    cleaner,

    more e c en ,

    less waste intensive, and

    more proliferation-resistant

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    Government Support for Research

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    Government Support for Research

    On February 6, 2006 the Global Nuclear Energy

    and Development (R&D)

    Partnership (GNEP) began as a U.S. proposal,

    announced by then Secretary of Energy SamuelBodman

    GNEP represents an international partnership topromote the use of nuclear power and close the

    nuclear fuel cycle in a way that reduces nuclearwas e an e r s o nuc ear pro era on

    In July 2007, DOE announced that, through itsAdvanced Fuel Cycle Initiative, it would be making

    $20 million available to conduct detailed sitingstudies for public or commercial entities interestedin hosting GNEP facilities

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    Who is the primary regulating agency?

    The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    e s espons e orlicensing and regulating the construction and

    o eration of commercial nuclear

    power plants.

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    The Extent of Federal Authority

    N l Pver Nuclear Power

    construction ( licensing ) andoperations, including:

    nuclear health and environmental safety concerns and onsite physical security

    Exclusivel controls the trans ortation

    and storage of spent nuclear fuel

    licensees to store spent nuclear fuel at reactor sites

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    includes a Safety Analysis Report, which contains:

    comprehensive data on the proposed site,

    various hypothetical accident situations and the safetyfeatures of the plant that prevent accidents or willcontain them, and

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    If the application is accepted, the NRC holds a public

    with: the safety and environmental aspects,

    the regulatory process, and

    the provisions for public participation in the licensing

    NRC then conducts:

    a safety review, an environmental review, and

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    Safet Review

    The NRC reviews characteristics of the site,

    including surrounding population, seismology,meteorology, geology and hydrology;

    design of the nuclear plant; anticipated response of the plant to hypothetical

    accidents plant operations including the applicant's

    technical qualifications to operate the plant;

    Safety Evaluation Report, prepared by the NRCsummarizing the anticipated effect of thero osed facilit on ublic health and safet

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    The National Environmental Policy Act requiresthe NRC to evaluate the potential environmentalimpacts and benefits of the proposed plant

    the NRC then issues a Draft Environmental

    appropriate Federal, State, and local agenciesas well as by the public.

    The NRC issues a Final Environmental ImpactStatement that addresses all commentsreceived

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    hearing be held before a constructionermit is issued

    The public hearing is conducted by a

    -Licensing Board

    ,

    who acts as chairperson, and twotechnicall ualified ersons

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    some construction at the site prior to theissuance of a construction ermit.

    This authorization is known as a Limited

    risk of the licensee

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    Operating License Application

    Includes a Final Safety Analysis Report describes the final design of the facility and

    NRC prepares a Final Safety Evaluation Report

    ublic hearin is not mandator for o eratin licenseapplications the NRC publishes a notice in the Federal Register

    ,

    providing notice to those whose interest might beaffected by the issuance of the license to request a

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    operating in accordance with regulations ree ers o overs g o ensure:

    Reactor safety - avoiding accidents

    Radiation safety - for plant workers andpublic from radiation exposure during

    routine operations Safeguards - protection against security

    threats

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    Oversi ht of O erations

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    Oversi ht of O erations

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    Measuring and Inspecting Nuclear Plant

    er ormance: wo er rocess

    objective performance indicators

    provides plant operational insight about, among otherthings, the possible occurance of:

    - - safety system failures- reactor cool ing system leakage- securit breaches

    - etc. inspection findings

    prov es grea er ep an rea o n orma on

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    Detecting, preventing, and responding toterrorist attacks requires government

    coordination among: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Intelligence Staff

    Department of Defense

    Department of Homeland Security

    Federal Bureau of Investigation

    National Counterterrorism Center State and Local Government law enforcement

    etc.

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    NRC Security Experts

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    the following Onsite Security Requirements:

    Vehicle barriers and checks before plant entry

    Trained security patrols Force-on-Force inspections

    Including simulated combat between mock adversary

    force and lant securit force Comprehensive employee background checks

    Criminal record checks

    Psychological assessments Behavioral observations

    mergency response personne

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    nuclear fuel transportation and storage

    how high level radioactive waste and spentnuclear fuel enerated b civilian nuclearpower reactors must be disposed

    reactors (e.g., utilities)

    DOE "takes title" to the nuclear waste

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    ibilit f b ildi g tesponsibility of building a permanent

    storage site

    DOE has a contractual obligation to accept nuclear

    waste from commercial reactors

    Several utilities have sued the federal government civilly fordamages.

    Earlier Federal Court decided that the government indeed had

    breached its contracts, but the courts did not award damages Later decisions awarded monetary damages to nuclear power

    plant owners

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    have terminated theYucca Mountain

    Maybe, if the health and environmental fears weresu c en y we groun e

    Howeverfrom a financial standpoint the political

    s ammer ng as een cos y

    The government had invested two decades and $10 billion on

    Recent court decisions awarding damages to nuclear power

    plant owners have been in the tens, if not hundreds, of millions

    of dollars

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    Getting Ithaca Onboardetting Ithaca Onboard

    Community Against Health and Safety Threats

    Petitioning represents an additional means

    for the public to raise safety concerns

    The other means for the ublic to raise concerns:

    Rulemaking

    cens ng

    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public Petition Process, NUREG/BR-0200, Rev. 5, February 2003. 72

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    Public Petit ions to SafeguardAgainst Health or Safety

    Threats

    Anyone may petition the NRC to take enforcement action related

    to NRC licenses or licensed activities

    NRC may modify, suspend or revoke an NRC-issued license

    In writing the petit ioner can identify the affected licensee or

    licensed activity

    The NRC evaluates whether the petition includes supportedassertions of safety problems

    - .g., e w no a e ac on n response o genera oppos on o nuc ear

    power

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    Getting Ithaca Onboard

    Nuclear risks associated with power productionGetting Ithaca Onboard

    are covere y:

    a private liability insurance fund made. .

    American Nuclear Insurers ($375 million liability

    limits , and a public fund has been made available by

    assessments on nuclear power plant

    operators, which was created in 1957 aspart of the Price Anderson Act ($12.2on o a y pro ec on

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    Getting Ithaca Onboard

    Coverage under Price-Anderson is comprehensiveGetting Ithaca Onboard

    and includes injuries caused by:

    theft,,

    transporting or storing nuclear fuel or waste, and

    the o eration of reactors Covered Injuries include:

    h sical illness e.g., bodily injury sickness, disease resulting in death

    property damage and losses, and reasonable living expenses for people who have been

    evacuated from an affected area

    75


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