[ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Yucca Mtn.

Tue Sep 21 01:20:01 CDT 2010

All, 

In India, we follow the same philospophy. We treat spent fuel as a resource, 
though, to the best of my knowledge we have not yet put a $ value for it. There 
are a few FAST REACTOR enthusiasts in India who, unlike many others, believe 
that breeders can be operated economically. Indigenous uranium is of very low 
grade (.06 %). We have to be very frugal on burning it.

regards
Parthasarathy

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From: "lcs at golden.net" <lcs at golden.net>
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Yucca Mtn.

All,

8 September, I had the opportunity to take part in a seminar/discussion 
presented by the Canadian Nuclear Society, at Atomic Energy of Canada's 
Sheridan Park, on the same subject. The focus was on CANDU used fuel, however, 
rather than referring to it as "waste," it was presented as a $36 trillion 
energy resource.

Most "spent" fuel contains > 80% uranium and transuranic actinides (in the 
case of CANDU used fuel, the number is around 99%). The speaker presented the 
physics case for developing a fleet of fast-neutron reactors based on the US 
Experimental Breeder Reactor - II (EBR-II) for deep burns of uranium with 
transuranic actinides; the energy potential of the "nuclear waste" was 
impressive.

Collaboration and cooperation between governments and nuclear industries 
worldwide, could go a long way to turning "waste" into "resource." Not burying 
nuclear waste could be beneficial in the near-to-intermediate term.

Best regards,

Michael LaFontaine, P.Phys.

Director - PSI Physics Solutions Inc.
Suite 109, 23-500 Fairway Road South
Kitchener, ON
Canada
N2C 1X3

Quoting "Perle, Sandy" <SPerle at mirion.com>:

> Jerry,
> 
> Regardless of the fact that there is little risk or a technological
> issue with waste management, this alternative would have at minimum,
> provided the industry with an option to safely dispose of the waste. Now
> that politics has once again entered into the equation, waste disposal
> is still considered to be a significant issue as far as the public is
> concerned. As far as Reid's comment, "Nevada is not the nation's dumping
> ground and it never will be as long as I have something to say about it"
> perhaps becomes a moot point after his butt is kicked out of office on
> November 2nd!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sandy
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Cohen
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 11:22 AM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing
> List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Yucca Mtn.
> 
> I have always opposed the Yucca Mountain project! This is not because of
> any
> inherent health or environmental risk, but simply because the problem is
> not
> that dangerous  or complicated to begin with. I am sickened by the
> squandering
> of $20 Billion in hopes of gaining public acceptance. If anything, this
> expenditure has predictably been counter-productive. Just another
> example of
> government in action.
> Jerry Cohen
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "Hunter, Jeffrey L" <Jeffrey_L_Hunter at RL.gov>
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> Sent: Mon, September 20, 2010 10:53:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Haley Slams Reid's Rejection of Yucca Nuclear
> Waste
> Site
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> You know better than that.
> 
> Jeff Hunter
> Hanford ALARA Center
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Kulp, Jeffrey B
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 10:13 AM
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> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Haley Slams Reid's Rejection of Yucca Nuclear
> Waste
> Site
> 
> I am somewhat confused; Ms. Haley is slamming Sen. Reid because he does
> not want Nevada to become the "dumping ground" for America's nuclear
> waste. Her concern is that South Carolina will become a "permanent
> dumping ground" for America's nuclear waste. If the east coast had been
> able to come up with a viable long term storage area for nuclear
> materials, they wouldn't have to worry about sending it to somebody
> else's area of the country. Sounds like NIMBY-ism to me
> 
> Jeff Kulp
> Washington State University
> Radiation Safety Office
> Pullman, WA 99164-1302
> (509) 335-8175
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Perle, Sandy
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 8:44 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing
> List
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Haley Slams Reid's Rejection of Yucca Nuclear
> Waste
> Site
> 
> Haley Slams Reid's Rejection of Yucca Nuclear Waste Site
> September 19, 2010
> 
> (AP) South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley is launching a
> new attack-- calling out Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for wasting
> billions of dollars by preventing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste
> repository from going online.
> 
> Haley, whose state contains two nuclear waste processing sites, said
> $20
> billion already has been spent on the facility 100 miles north of Las
> Vegas, including $1.2 billion from South Carolina.
> 
> "President Obama and Harry Reid are willing to shut down Yucca and make
> South Carolina a permanent dumping ground to save Harry Reid's Senate
> seat. That's wrong," Haley said in a statement issued Saturday night.
> 
> "We are not interested in investing in any more Nevada real estate when
> we get nothing in return. If the feds want to renege on the promise to
> keep Yucca open, they must refund the $1.2 billion our state has spent
> on the facility. We want our money back," she said.
> 
> Reid has made shutting down development of Yucca one of his priorities,
> and successfully lobbied the Obama administration to prevent licensing
> of the site, which Congress approved in 2002 as the nation's only deep
> earth, geologically safe disposal facility.
> 
> "Hell no, that won't happen," Reid told the Las Vegas Journal-Review on
> Saturday about continuing to develop the Yucca site. "Nevada is not the
> nation's dumping ground and it never will be as long as I have
> something
> to say about it."
> 
> President Obama has created the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's
> Nuclear Future, led by Congressman Lee Hamilton and General Brent
> Scowcroft, to look for alternative locations for disposal and recycling
> of nuclear fuel.
> 
> In March, the Department of Energy asked that its application for a
> license with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build the repository
> be pulled with prejudice. A subcommittee of the NRC refused the
> request,
> and in a decision expected soon the NRC could announce it will bar a
> withdraw of the application. That would enable it to move to deny the
> license, effectively sealing off the site, a decision that will likely
> lead to a lawsuit in federal court.
> 
> On Thursday, while touring the Savannah River nuclear waste disposal
> site in South Carolina, Haley said she wants to pursue a coalition of
> governors to pressure the administration to continue development of
> Yucca.
> 
> Unfortunately for Haley, if elected her term would not overlap with
> like-minded Republican Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell. Rell, who announced
> she is retiring this year, sent a letter to Energy Secretary Stephen
> Chu
> this month requesting that Yucca continue to be developed.
> 
> "DOE has spent decades and billions of dollars investigating the
> suitability of Yucca Mountain as a geologic repository, determined in
> 2002 that Yucca Mountain was a suitable location, and even now concedes
> that its Yucca Mountain application is neither flawed nor the site
> unsafe," Rell wrote to Chu, according to Sunday's New Haven Register.
> 
> "To now reverse developing Yucca Mountain as a permanent storage site
> as
> a matter of policy is a disservice to Connecticut rate payers, who
> continue to be burdened by DOE's delay in proceeding with its license
> application."
> 
> Connecticut has two nuclear power plants storing spent fuel rods.
> Connecticut gubernatorial candidates -- Republican Tom Foley and
> Democrat Dan Malloy -- have not weighed in on the Yucca site. However,
> Haley's Democratic opponent Vincent Sheheen has reportedly agreed with
> Haley about pursuing the Nevada waste facility.
> ____________________
> Sander C. Perle
> President
> Mirion Technologies
> Dosimetry Services Division
> 2652 McGaw Avenue
> Irvine, CA 92614
> 
> +1 (949) 296-2306 (Office)
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> 
> Mirion Technologies: http://www.mirion.com/
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> 
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