Setting the Stage for International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facilities

Glenn Schweitzer and Kelly Robbins, Editors, Committee on Issues in Consolidating Spent Nuclear Fuel at International Storage Sites, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1 Welcoming Remarks--David N. McNelis; 3 2 International Monitoring of Storage and Disposal Facilities: The Potential Role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)--Bruno Pellaud*; 4 3 Status of Liability and Insurance Laws for International Shipments of Spent Nuclear Fuel--Norbert Pelzer; 5 4 Insurance and Liability in the Transport and Reception of Fuel for Storage in Russia--Nikolay S. Pronkin; 6 5 Overview of National Laws in Relation to a Regional Repository: Legal and Other Nontechnical Aspects of Multinational Repositories--Christina Boutellier; 7 6 Current Russian Legislation Regulating Procedures and Conditions for the Import of Foreign Spent Nuclear Fuel--Valery S. Bezzubtsev; 8 7 The Importance of Storage and Disposal in Multinational Approaches to the Fuel Cycle--Charles McCombie and Neil Chapman; 9 8 Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Japan--Kinichiro Kusunose; 10 9 Methods for VVER-1000 Fuel Testing Under Dry Storage Conditions--Valentin B. Ivanov; 11 10 U.S. Nuclear Power Industry Trends in Spent Fuel Management--John H. Kessler; 12 11 Comments of Particular Interest During the Workshop Discussions--Glenn E. Schweitzer; 13 12 Summary Remarks--David N. McNelis; 14 13 Welcoming Remarks, October 3, 2005--Milton Levenson; 15 14 On the Problem of Creating Regional International Storage Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel (Based on the Russian Example)--Nikolay P. Laverov; 16 15 International Storage of Commercial Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste: Considerations for U.S. Approval to Ship Spent Fuel with U.S.-Origin Uranium to Russia for Storage and Disposal--Alex R. Burkart and Janet M. Gorn; 17 Appendix A: Agenda: Workshop on Setting the Stage forInternational Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facilities; 18 Appendix B: Agenda: Setting the Stage for International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facilities: An Update; 19 Appendix C: Experience of Russian Companies in Transportation of Nuclear Materials--Valentin B. Ivanov