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Used nuclear fuel management is a topic that comes up frequently in the world of politics and anti-nuclear activists. The U.S. used fuel policy has been dominated by the once-through cycle concept, which resulted in used fuel being labeled as a waste product—a waste product with up to 96% recoverable...

If the United States is going to honor its international nonproliferation agreement with Russia, then the MOX Project is the best option based on time, money, security and environmental goals. In 1998, the United States and Russia committed to each other and the world that each country would permanently...

From the Aiken Standard this week: This article begins with a stark warning for fulfilling our international nonproliferation commitments, “If the MOX Project has its funding cut by 50 percent in the FY 14 budget, as many have said is likely to happen, this could put the entire project in danger...

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing this morning on the nomination of Ernest J. Moniz to succeed Steven Chu as Secretary of Energy. Moniz addressed a range of topics, including his support for nuclear energy, small modular reactors, and a consent-based process for managing...

With the facility already more than 60% complete, the MOX Project is achieving construction, safety and functional milestones towards fulfilling America’s international nonproliferation goals. As the first major nuclear-grade construction project in more than 20 years and the first-of-its-kind facility...

Slade Gordon is a former U.S. Senator, and was also a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (popularly known as the “9/11 Commission.” He is also a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Gordon writes an imported editorial in this week’s...

Slade Gorton is a former U.S. Senator, and was also a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (popularly known as the “9/11 Commission.” He is also a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Gorton writes an imported editorial in this week’s...

Guest post by Heiner Dornburg, Business Manager Sales and Marketing Electrical Systems and I&C, AREVA Inc. Representatives from more than 40% of U.S. nuclear energy sites recently attended a successful AREVA demonstration of the VEGAPULS 62 Extended Range, Through-Air Radar for Spent Fuel Pool Level...

Good news today from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Shaw AREVA MOX Services on construction milestones achieved at the MOX Project in South Carolina, including 14 million consecutive safe work hours by the more than 2,200 workers employed to construct America’s first nuclear facility in...

Guest post by James Yu, Director of International and Federal Affairs, AREVA Inc. Last week, Kelly Trice, President and Chief Operating Officer of Shaw AREVA MOX Services, presented the following video during the Annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Arlington, VA. The conversation underscored the importance...

As U.S. government sequester statements and financial figures swirl in dire predictions, what seems to be lost is the real-time impact on American workers, like the more than 2,200 construction employees fulfilling America’s nonproliferation commitment at the MOX Project in South Carolina. This highly...

We applaud this editorial by Clint Wolfe in the Augusta Chronicle. It’s a well reasoned and detailed statement that mirrors our own post last Friday. Clint is the executive director for Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness. He begins with a descriptive summary: A $6.8 billion mixed-oxide,...

The U.S. mixed-oxide fuel (MOX) fabrication facility achieves key strategic milestones for America’s nonproliferation and economic goals. Unfortunately, the nation’s pending budget pressures place these accomplishments at risk with proposed insubstantial funding and workforce layoffs. As a leading economic...

As the United States struggles to overcome self-inflicted policy hurdles to implementing a safe used nuclear fuel management vision, the technology and processes already exist in the U.S. and have been safely fulfilling this duty for more than 45 years. Mike McMahon, President and CEO of Transnuclear...

By almost all measures, the used nuclear fuel management program in the United States has failed taxpayers, ratepayers, the nuclear industry, and the public at-large. Since 1982, ratepayers benefiting from clean, safe, and affordable nuclear electricity have paid fees into the Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF...

With all conversation here in the United States about nuclear fuel waste confidence, used nuclear fuel recycling, and even MOX fuel, it’s a good time to chart out what a complete nuclear fuel cycle looks like. The complete nuclear cycle depicted below is not a far-off future low carbon energy source...

Be prepared to talk MOX in the nuclear weapons-to-fuel discussion this week. The NRC’s September 11 public hearing in Chattanooga, TN, provides an open forum for knowledgeable voices to speak up regarding the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) on the disposition of weapon-grade...

We liked this OpEd article in the Orlando Sentinel … Lynn Edward Weaver of the Florida Institute of Technology writes: Disarmament hasn’t gotten much attention from the presidential candidates, but some surprising progress has been made in the effort to reduce the quantity of nuclear-weapons...

The Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) on America’s Nuclear Future held its latest public meeting in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 20 to solicit comments on its draft recommendations for managing the nation’s nuclear waste. Over the past month, the BRC has held meetings at locations around the country to receive...

Love Rod Adams’ recent post on how “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” is a saying that is “good for Aluminum, good for Uranium.” As his posts often are, it’s a very well thought through and well written response to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy’s recent stance...

By Jarret Adams Amid the many benefits that America’s 104 nuclear power plants provide, increased energy security is rarely mentioned. It is perhaps obscured by the fact that nuclear energy is by far the nation’s largest source of low-carbon electricity. People often talk about the reliability of U.S...

In yesterday’s Charlotte Business Journal article, “Duke Energy CEO calls for reprocessing nuke fuel,” Jim Rogers acknowledges the need for interim used fuel storage during a South Carolina regulators hearing, but he also emphasizes that, “… storage is not the ultimate solution. Reprocessing nuclear...

As part of the conversation on the ongoing situation in Japan, there have been some questions about MOX (Mixed Oxied) fuel. A brief released yesterday from the American Nuclear Society (ANS) specifically concludes that: “Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel has been used safely in nuclear power reactors for...

Nearly one year has passed since AREVA debuted the virtual tour of its La Hague recycling facility in the Normandy region of France. At the Waste Management conference in Phoenix yesterday, I had the opportunity to do “vitual” virtual tour for conference attendees, explaining the making of...

Last week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued its final Safety Evaluation Report for the MOX (mixed oxide) Fuel Fabrication Facility. Currently under construction on the Savannah River Site, the MOX Facility is a Department of Energy program to construct a facility that will convert former...