1 Regulating the Rest of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Michael Weber, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards NARUC Staff Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues 17 February 2008

2 Overview Nuclear Fuel Cycle Fuel Fabrication – Growing Spent Fuel Storage - Growing Repository Program - Waiting Summary

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4 Nuclear Growth* *The Keystone Center Joint Fact Finding on Nuclear Power, 2007

5 Global Fuel Cycle Requirements* large enrichment plants 18 fuel fabrication plants 10 nuclear waste repositories the size of the statutory capacity of Yucca Mountain—713,000 tons of spent fuel How many in the U.S.? *Per Wedge

6 Enrichment - Growing LES – New MexicoUSEC – Ohio

7 Enrichment – Growing (cont’d) GE – SILEXAREVA – ETC

8 Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility

9 Spent Fuel Storage - Growing

10 Yucca Mountain

11 Recycling/Reprocessing

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