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DOE receives CD-0 approval for interim SNF storage facility
The Department of Energy has received initial approval, known as “Critical Decision-0” (CD-0), for siting a federal consolidated interim storage facility for commercial spent nuclear fuel. Paul Murray, deputy assistant secretary of energy within the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy, confirmed to Nuclear Newswire that the DOE received CD-0 approval on May 6.
Luiz Leal (IRSN), Nicolas Leclaire (IRSN), Devin Barry (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Amanda Lewis (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Peter Schillebeeckx (EC, JRC-Geel), Stefan Kopecky (EC, JRC-Geel), Cristian Mihailescu (SCK CEN)
Transactions | Volume 125 | Number 1 | December 2021 | Pages 700-703