Demand Grows For Nuclear Storages Sites

CIVIL NUCLEAR

After more than 50 years of nuclear power usage, the world has accumulated 200,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel of which, 70,000 tons has been processed while the rest is kept at nuclear power plants.

by Andrea R. Mihailescu
Washington (UPI) July 19, 2005
The United States, Russia and six other states want to build international storage sites for spent nuclear fuel. "Electricity production at nuclear power plants will be up 100 to 200 percent by the middle of the century," according to estimates from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

Nuclear power plants will emerge in Nigeria, Morocco, Vietnam, Turkey, Poland as well as a number of other countries in the next 15 to 20 years.

"Demand for nuclear power reactors and nuclear fuel supplies is the greatest China, India and Southeast Asia in general," said IAEA Deputy Director Yuri Sokolov last Wednesday.

The IAEA warned members about proper safekeeping and recycling of fuel supplies and its repatriation for safekeeping and recycling.

"Facilities for the civilized keeping and recycling of spent nuclear fuel should be created at international nuclear centers in the United States, Finland, Russia and some other countries where such technologies have been created and are at the highest level," said Sokolov.

Russian Atomic Energy Agency Head Alexander Rumyantsev said: "Such a center may incorporate fresh nuclear fuel storages, from where the fuel might be leaded to the user countries with newly-built nuclear power plants."

Rumyantsev argues centers could create an emergency reserve of fresh nuclear fuel in case of a suspension of commercial supplies to the countries whose nuclear power industry is in the development phase.

After more than 50 years of nuclear power usage, the world has accumulated 200,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel of which, 70,000 tons has been processed while the rest is kept at nuclear power plants. This is fraught with possible risks if they are kept or recycled in incompetently or become available to international terrorists.

CIVIL NUCLEAR

Russia Faces Difficulty In Spent Nuclear Fuel Market

Moscow (AFP) Jul 14, 2005
Russia on Thursday admitted difficulties with its plans for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, in the face of competition from France and opposition by the United States.

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