DOE Decides on Treatment and Management of Sodium-Bonded Spent Nuclear Fuel

Summary

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has chosen to electrometallurgically treat approximately 25 metric tons of heavy metal spent nuclear fuel from the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) at Argonne National Laboratory-West (ANL-W), while continuing to store about 34 metric tons of Fermi-1 sodium-bonded blanket spent nuclear fuel until alternative treatments are evaluated or more cost-effective options become available.