DOE issues GNEP document, but doesn't choose course of action

摘要

DOE last week issued a draft environmental impact statement on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership without picking a preferred development path for the controversial program.rnThe issuance of the draft EIS, which was announced in the October 17 Federal Register, marks a milestone for GNEPrnbut also appears to be the clearest indication to date that President George W. Bush will not be able to entrench the program before he leaves office January 20.rnGNEP, which the Bush administration launched in early 2006, aims to promote a global expansion of nuclear energy while developing new kinds of reprocessing and fast-reactor technologies. In the draft EIS, DOE said that, although it did not choose a specific technology, its preference was to close the fuel cycle.