Nuclear Energy Pitch Sheet

ELIMINATING NUCLEAR WASTE

A  Pathway  to  Prosperity  

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USING NUCLEAR WASTE INSTEAD OF STORING IT What  You  Should  Know:  

• A  tremendous  amount  of  energy  is  stored  in  high-­‐level  nuclear  waste.  • Solid  fuel  light  water  nuclear  reactors  (LWRs)  are  the  predominant  reactor  type  in  America’s  nuclear  reactor  fleet.  They  consume  only  about  1%  to  3%  of  their  solid  fuel  before  it  becomes  contaminated  and  will  no  longer  produce  power  in  LWRs.    

• Contaminated  LWR  solid  fuel  can  be  processed  into  a  liquid  fuel  that  will  fission  and  produce  power  in  a  Molten  Salt  Reactor  (MSR).  

• A  MSR  can  consume  enough  waste,  in  liquid  form,  and  transform  it  into  energy,  to  reduce  present  day  long-­‐lived  nuclear  waste  stockpiles  by  99%.  

• Waste  from  a  MSR  is  minute,  about  1%,  and  only  has  to  be  sequestered  from  the  environment  for  300  years.  Present  waste,  produced  in  much  greater  amounts,  needs  to  be  sequestered  for  300,000  years.  

• Commercialization  of  the  MSR  would  likely  cost  less  than  $5  billion.  When  compared  to  the  $12  billion  spent  on  the  Yucca  Mountain  nuclear  waste  repository.  

• Currently,  $28.2  billion  resides  in  the  Nuclear  Waste  Management  Fund,  and  only  sequestration  of  nuclear  waste  is  being  considered  as  a  solution  for  long-­‐term  high-­‐level  nuclear  waste.  Moving  less  than  a  fifth  of  these  funds  to  MSR  development  could  radically  reduce  our  long-­‐term  waste  problems.  

 The  eGeneration  Foundation  is  working  to  form  an  alliance  to  develop  a  national  energy  plan,  promoting  the  next  generation  of  fuels  powered  by  Molten  Salt  Reactor  technology.    As  studies  and  analysis  of  this  promising  technology  are  widely  understood,  there  will  be  widespread  industry  support  for  commercializing  this  next  generation  process,  thus  providing  a  clear  pathway  to  prosperity.  

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