1st Edition

Nuclear Fuels Policy/p

Edited By Natalja Mortensen Copyright 1976
    154 Pages
    by Routledge

    154 Pages
    by Routledge

    This policy paper recommends the actions deemed necessary to assure that future US and other non-Communist countries' nuclear fuels supply will be adequate to meet future energy demand. The recommended decisions form a nuclear fuels supply policy for the United States Government and private sector.

    Foreword -- Preface -- Nuclear Fuels Policy Working Group -- Introduction and Summary -- Nuclear Fuels Policy -- Alternatives to Nuclear Energy -- Established Commercial Technology for Nuclear Steam Supply Systems in Use Today -- Prospective Technology for Future Nuclear Steam Supply Systems -- Nuclear Fuel for Light Water Reactions -- Demand and Supply of Nuclear Fuel for Light Water Reactors -- The Constraints on Meeting Nuclear Fuel Demand -- The Major Unresolved Issues and Options in Demand, Supply and Use of Nuclear Fuels for Light Water Reactors -- Policy Conclusions and Recommendations -- Tables and Figures -- The Nuclear Fuel Cycle -- A Summary of Nuclear Fuel Trade Policies and Practices -- Glossary of Acronyms -- Comments and Dissents of the Working Group -- The Atlantic Council of the United States -- The Atlantic Council of the United States