The PFS Project
Benefits the Nation
The United States, which depends
on nuclear-generated power for 20 percent of its electricity,
is in danger of losing this safe, clean form of power generation,
just when there is more and more demand for electricity and more
and more calls for reducing the greenhouse gases and pollutants
caused by fossil fuels.
If nuclear power plants run out
of space to store spent fuel rods before a permanent federal
repository is completed, they may have to shut down and switch
to fossil fuels that pollute the air.
A safe, clean, temporary storage
facility is good public policy. It
- Enables nuclear plants to continue
operating, thus avoiding air pollutants and greenhouse gases
caused by fossil-fueled plants.
- Is less costly, easier to monitor
and protect than storage facilities at each of the 72 power plants
around the country.
- Enables plant life extension
to be considered.
- Enables shut-down plants to
decommission and reuse their land.
- Establishes a clear licensing
path that will facilitate the licensing of a federal facility.
- Demonstrates safe technologies
for transportation and interim storage.
- Standardizes the packaging of
spent fuel destined for the federal repository.
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