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Spent Nuclear Fuel: Options Exist to Further Enhance Security. Report to the Congress.
| 题名： | Spent Nuclear Fuel: Options Exist to Further Enhance Security. Report to the Congress. |
| 关键词： | *Spent-fuels; *Safety-engineering.;Transportation-safety; Security-; Shipping-; Containers-; Sabotage-; Rail-transportation; Trucking-; Terrorism-; Vulnerability-; Congressional-inquiries; Oversight-. |
| 摘要： | Spent nuclear fuel, the used fuel periodically removed from nuclear power reactors, is one of the most hazardous materials made by man. Nuclear power companies currently store 50,000 tons of spent fuel at 72 sites in 33 states. That amount will increase through 2010, when the Department of Energy (DOE) expects to open a permanent repository for this fuel at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Concerns have been raised since September 11, 2001, that terrorists might target spent fuel. GAO was asked to (1) review federally sponsored studies that assessed the potential health effects of a terrorist attack or a severe accident on spent fuel, either in transit or in storage, and (2) identify options for DOE to further enhance the security of spent fuel during shipping to Yucca Mountain. GAO is recommending that, as DOE develops its plans for transporting spent fuel to Yucca Mountain, it assess potential options to further enhance the security and safety of this fuel. In commenting on GAOs report, DOE and NRC generally concurred with the facts of the report. DOE noted that the information on transit was accurate and well-balanced, while the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) noted that the information provides a reasonable characterization of the current understanding of risks associated with spent fuel storage. |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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