tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post2580160169673385973..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: The Senate Moves on the Energy BillUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-72300504013683285922009-07-12T03:06:09.469-04:002009-07-12T03:06:09.469-04:00It's economically cheaper to keep spent fuel i...It's economically cheaper to keep spent fuel in dry cask storage on-site for our operating reactors, since with license extensions they will run for many decades into the future, far past the time it will take us to develop the capability to recycle this spent fuel.<br /><br />The federal government should demonstrate its capability to move spent fuel (to a couple of centralized sites) by cleaning out the spent fuel at the handful of decommissioned reactor sites we now have.<br /><br />Blue Ribbon Commission--please take note of this advice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-61258576312546242009-07-10T14:26:26.928-04:002009-07-10T14:26:26.928-04:00This is no times to play politics with America'...This is no times to play politics with America's energy future. Moving from a fossil fuel economy towards a nuclear and renewable energy economy is the only thing that's going to solve the US energy crisis and the world's climate crisis. Republicans and Democrats need to get together and do this. <br /><br />And its also time for the Federal government to take full possession of the spent fuel from commercial nuclear reactors and place them on above ground Federally protected sites in safe storage cask until a decision is finally made to reprocess this material for more fuel. These Federal sites should be located in every State that is currently producing or has produced spent fuel in the past-- spent fuel. Its only fair!<br /><br />The Federal government, trying to get away with keeping spent fuel at current commercial reactor sites-- does not solve 'the political' problem of spent fuel. Spent fuel is a Federal responsibility that the commercial industry has already paid for and continues to pay the Federal government for. So its time for the Federal government to shoulder its responsibility.Marcel F. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245086958213100840noreply@blogger.com