Private Fuel Storage, LLC: Developing Safe, Clean, Temporary Storage for Spent Nuclear Fuel

Our country depends on safe, clean nuclear power.

20% of our nation's electricity is generated by 103 nuclear reactors at 66 locations. Electricity flows into a national grid, making nuclear-generated electricity available everywhere, even where there are no nuclear power plants.

Our environment and our air quality depend on safe, clean nuclear power.

Nuclear power plants emit no harmful pollutants, such as sulfur and particulates, or greenhouse gases. By taking the place of fossil-fueled plants, U.S. nuclear power plants reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 165 million tons of carbon each year.

Between 1973 and 1997, nuclear generation avoided the emission of 82.2 million tons of sulfur dioxide and more than 37 million tons of nitrogen oxides that would have been produced by plants powered by fossil fuels.

The future of our safe, clean nuclear power is at risk.

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 gave the federal government responsibility and a deadline of January 31, 1998 to begin accepting commercial nuclear waste. The federal government is behind schedule.

Some power plants are running out of space for temporary storage of spent fuel. Without a temporary storage solution, some utilities may have to switch from clean, safe nuclear power to coal or oil.

Private Fuel Storage, LLC, a consortium of eight commercial power companies, has a safe, clean, temporary solution.

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Click on this map to find the locations of nuclear reactors in the U.S. and around the world, as well as information about each reactor (from the International Nuclear Safety Center website, www.insc.anl.gov).