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GNEP public hearings

January 8, 2007 By Rod Adams

The Current Argus.com web site – billed as “Your online information oasis for the Pecos Valley” published a story titled Schedule set for GNEP public scoping meetings.

These public scoping meetings will occur in the 11 geographic areas that are currently conducting studies to determine if they are viable sites for one or both of the facilities eligible for private participation that are proposed to be built as part of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) program. The two facilities are The Consolidated Fuel Treatment Center (a fuel recycling facility) and The Advanced Burner Reactor (an advanced recycling reactor). Each of the 11 areas have already applied for and received DOE funds to support the studies. (See Department of Energy Selects Recipients of GNEP Siting Grants dated November 29, 2006.)

The third facility proposed for GNEP is a nuclear fuel recycling research center, which will be located on one of the already existing national laboratory sites.

The list of 11 interested applicants for the private participation portion of GNEP indicates that most of the interested areas are near national laboratory sites, so there is the possibility that all three facilities will be geographically co-located. Of course, that decision would make some sense from an industrial point of view, which is why I expect that the three sites will actually end up as far apart as humanly possible. (I am kind of a cynic at times about the ability of government decision processes. Committees often end up charged with design work with predictable, less than optimal results.)

If you happen to be near one of the sites, pay attention to the hearing announcements and attend if at all possible. Let me know if you are able to do so – it would be great to get some first hand feedback about how the process is being handled and how the proposals are being received in the affected communities.

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Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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