A new approach to the nuclear fuel cycle : best practices for security, nonproliferation, and sustainable nuclear energy /

"In the past decade, a resurgence of enthusiasm for nuclear power has rekindled interest in efforts to manage the fuel cycle. The 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants in Japan and current proliferation crises in North Korea and Iran raise this question: Is the current app...

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Main Authors: Hartigan, Kelsey (Author), Hinderstein, Corey (Author), Newman, Andrew, 1971- (Author), Squassoni, Sharon A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Lanham, MD : Center for Strategic and International Studies : Nuclear Threat Initiative ; Rowman & Littlefield, 2015
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Summary:"In the past decade, a resurgence of enthusiasm for nuclear power has rekindled interest in efforts to manage the fuel cycle. The 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants in Japan and current proliferation crises in North Korea and Iran raise this question: Is the current approach on the fuel cycle -- leaving uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing capabilities in the hands of national governments -- too risky on proliferation grounds? In early 2011, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Center for Strategic and International Studies launched the New Approaches to the Fuel Cycle (NAFC) project. This project, led by Corey Hinderstein and Sharon Squassoni, sought to build consensus on common goals, address practical challenges, and engage a spectrum of actors who influence nuclear energy policymaking. Drawing from industry, government, and NGO community expertise in the United States and abroad, the NAFC project worked to outline a vision for an integrated approach to nuclear supply and demand. The result, presented in this report, is the first comprehensive approach that contains guidelines for shaping a sustainable nuclear supply system and leverages existing trends in nuclear industry, with 'best practices' to help implement that sustainable system"--Publisher's web site
Item Description:"February 2015."
"A report of the CSIS Proliferation Prevention Program and the Nuclear Threat Initiative."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 58 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781442240544
1442240547
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (CSIS, viewed March 12, 2015).