DOE resumes program to accept spent fuel from foreign reactors

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The Department of Energy (DOE) has resumed its program of managing and storing spent nuclear fuel from foreign research reactors since September 1996. The first shipments of spent fuel containing highly enriched uranium (HEU) arrived on September 22, 1996 at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station in South Carolina from reactor facilities in Chile, Columbia, Sweden, France and Switzerland. Over a period of 13 years, the DOE will accept 22,700 spent fuel elements from 41 countries weighing more than 19 metric tons. About 25 percent of the total spent fuel will be comprised of HEU.

Science and technology policy, Nuclear fuels, Waste management, Storage, Nuclear fuel elements

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'Rudman Report' adds fuel to DOE reorganization fire

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The House of Representatives and the Senate have responded to a report by the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board which said that the Department of Energy (DOE) was "dysfunctional" and could not reorganize itself. This report, called the 'Rudman Report', recommended setting up a semi-autonomous agency within it. This agency would have control over the nuclear weapons facilities and laboratories. However, Energy secretary, Bill Richardson, is opposed to this reorganisation if the newly created agency would have to follow policies drawn up by other DOE departments.

Reports, Government laboratories

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U.S., Ukraine sign nuclear accord, agree on MTCR accession

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The US has made a commitment to supporting Ukraine's entry into the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which aims to restrict the transfer of ballistic missiles and missile technology for systems able to deliver a 500-kg payload 300 km or more. Membership of the MTCR will place Ukraine in a stronger position in the global space market. The US has agreed to abandon its insistence that Ukraine abandon all of its offensive missile systems.

International relations, Ukraine, Arms control, Nuclear weapons

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