Global Strategic Plan Outlines Nuclear Future
A global nuclear energy partnership strategic plan has been released recently by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
A global nuclear energy partnership strategic plan has been released recently by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) strategic plan, part of President Bush's Advanced Energy Initiative, details the Initiative’s purpose, principles and implementation strategy. The plan outlines a path forward to enable worldwide increase in the use of safe, emissions-free nuclear energy without contributing to the spread of nuclear weapons capabilities in a manner that responsibly addresses the waste produced, according to the
DOE.
The plan is a guiding document and can be modified if the U.S. Government, international partners and industry deem it appropriate.
The Strategic Plan provides a framework for the U.S. to:
- Expand nuclear power to meet growing energy demand
- Develop, demonstrate, and deploy advanced technologies for recycling spent nuclear fuel without separating plutonium
- Develop, demonstrate, and deploy advance reactors that consume transuranics
- Establish reliable fuel services worldwide
- Develop, demonstrate, and deploy proliferation resistant reactors appropriate to power grids
- Develop enhanced safeguards to ensure nuclear energy systems are used for peaceful purposes
The plan also lays out DOE’s plan to prepare for construction and operation of a nuclear fuel recycling center and an advanced recycling reactor, and for continuing a research and development program focused on advanced fuel cycle technology, according to the DOE.
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