Prospects For Monitored Retrievable Storage Of High-Level Nuclear Waste |
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| Authors: | Amy McCabe Michael Fitzgerald |
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| Institution: | Amy Snyder McCabe is a Research Associate at the Energy, Environment and Resources Center at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She has adjunct appointments as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at UT and as a Fellow in the Center for Resource and Environmental Policy at the Vanderbilt University Institute for Public Policy Studies.;Michael R. Fitzgerald is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He is a Senior Fellow at the Energy, Environment and Resources Center at UT, and a Visiting Professor at the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies. |
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| Abstract: | The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 authorized the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to evaluate monitored retrievable storage (MRS) as an option to manage spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste. In 1987, the DOE sought Congressional approval for construction of an MRS at a site identified in Tennessee, despite adamant opposition from the State. An amendment in late 1987 nullified DOE's proposal, and established the MRS Commission and the High-Level Nuclear Waste Negotiator, institutions created as a result of the DOE/Tennessee dispute. This article analyzes DOE's siting attempt in Tennessee, the actions of the Commission and Negotiator, and examines the prospects for implementation of nuclear waste policy. |
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