Chapter
THE 1970S – A DECADE OF PROFOUND CHANGE FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
THE 1980S – RESPONDING TO THE NEW CHALLENGES
Industry Reorganization and Creation of INPO; Chernobyl and Creation of WANO
Review and Analysis of Nuclear Plant Operating Experience
Chernobyl and Creation of WANO
Quality Control and Safety Culture
Continued Delays and Cancellations of New Nuclear Plants; Shoreham Experience
Industry ALWR Program and Industry-led Standardization
ALWR Phase 1: Program Planning and Development; Regulatory Stabilization
Phase 2: The ALWR Utility Requirements Document
Phase 3: Detailed Design Development of ALWR Passive Plants
NRC‟s 10 CFR Part 52 and Regulatory-Driven Standardization
Combined Construction and Operating License
1982 NWPA and Future Directions in Spent Fuel Management
Reagan Administration Policies on Nuclear Energy
Status of Nuclear Energy at the End of the Decade of the 1980s
DECADE OF THE 1990S: ADDRESSING THE BARRIERS TO EXPANSION
Completing the ALWR Program
ALWR Phase 4: First-of-a-Kind Engineering
Strategic Plan for Building New Nuclear Power Plants
Bush Administration‟s National Energy Strategy and the Energy Policy Act of 1992
NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
DOE„s Nuclear Power 2010 Program and GEN IV Program
Energy Policy Act of 2005
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP)
Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program
Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Program
Current Status of Reactor and Fuel Cycle Technologies
Light Water Reactors (LWRs)
Gas Cooled Reactors (GCRs) and High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors (HTGRs)
Liquid Metal Reactors (LMRs)
Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs)
Light Water Graphite Reactors (LWGRs)
Chapter 2 MANAGING THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE: POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF EXPANDING GLOBAL ACCESS TO NUCLEAR POWER
RENEWED INTEREST IN NUCLEAR POWER EXPANSION2
Worldwide Nuclear Power Status
Nuclear Fuel Services Market
Final Stages of the Fuel Cycle
Waste Disposal and Energy Security
PROPOSALS ON THE FUEL CYCLE
El Baradei Proposal (2003)
IAEA Experts Group/INFCIRC/640
President Bush’s 2004 Proposal
Russia’s “Global Nuclear Power Infrastructure”
Assurance of Fuel Supply: Supplier Guarantees
World Nuclear Association
Japan’s IAEA Standby Arrangements System
UK “Nuclear Fuel Assurance (NFA)”
Assurance of Fuel Supply: Fuel Reserves
U.S. LEU Fuel Reserve, the “American Assured Fuel Supply” (AFS)
Russian LEU Fuel Reserve, Angarsk
Assurance of Supply: Enrichment Services
International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC), Angarsk, Russia
Germany’s Multilateral Enrichment Sanctuary Project (MESP)
Back-End Fuel Cycle Proposals
International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC)
Group of Eight Nations (G-8)
PROSPECTS FOR IMPLEMENTING FUEL ASSURANCE MECHANISMS
Chapter 3 U.S. URANIUM RESERVE ESTIMATES
Historical Estimates of Reserves, 1993 through 2003, and 2008
Chapter 4 2010 DOMESTIC URANIUM PRODUCTION REPORT
Chapter 5 URANIUM MARKETING ANNUAL REPORT
URANIUM PURCHASES AND PRICES
NEW AND FUTURE URANIUM CONTRACTS
URANIUM FEED, ENRICHMENT SERVICES, URANIUM LOADED
URANIUM FOREIGN PURCHASES/ SALES AND INVENTORIES