The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy is conducting planning activities within the Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project (NFST) to lay the groundwork for implementing interim storage, including associated transportation, per the Administration's Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste, and to develop a foundation for a new nuclear waste management organization. NFST's purpose is to make progress on this important national issue within legislative and budgetary authorizations. The NFST objective is to develop and begin executing an integrated plan to (1) implement interim storage; (2) improve overall integration of storage as a planned part of the waste management system; (3) prepare for large-scale transportation of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste, with an initial focus on removing SNF from shutdown reactor sites; and (4) develop foundational information, resources, and capabilities to support these objectives and future implementation decisions and actions. An overarching goal is to develop options for decision-makers on the design of an integrated waste management system. Planning activities are divided into four areas: (1) Consent-Based Siting, (2) Storage, (3) Transportation, and (4) Strategic Crosscuts. This paper provides an overview of NFST and its activities.
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