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Risky Appropriations. Gambling US Energy Policy on the GNEP
Author | D.Schlissel, R.Alvarez |
6-03-2-30-05.pdf | |
Date | 2008 |
Classification | 6.03.2.30/05 (PROLIFERATION - MULTINATIONAL APPROACHES (GNEP / FUEL BANK / GNPI)) |
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Risky Appropriations: Gambling US Energy Policy on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership sponsored by: Friends of the Earth USA Government Accountability Project Institute for Policy Studies Southern Alliance for Clean Energy for more information, contact: Robert Alvarez 1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036 phone: 202.234.9382 fax: 202.387.7915 kitbob@erols.com www.ips-dc.org January 2008 Risky Appropriations: Gambling US Energy Policy on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership primary author David A. Schlissel Senior Consultant, Synapse Energy Economics contributing authors Robert Alvarez and Peter Bradford Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary 3 Introduction Finding 9 No. 1: GNEP lacks important details about technical viability, proliferation risks, waste streams, and ultimate life-cycle costs. 12 Finding No. 2: The administration has presented no economic analysis of the costs and benefits of the GNEP plan. Nor has it com- pared GNEP to other technically feasible and cost-effective alternatives. Such an economic justification should be provided before significant funds are appropriated for GNEP. 15 Finding No. 3: Full implementation of GNEP would represent a significant expansion and redirection of the nuclear industry. 18 Finding No. 4: The reference technologies and processes for GNEP already have been selected by the DOE. However, none of these technologies and processes currently