Global Nuclear Energy Partnership

Bressee, J.C. 2007. The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership and the spent fuel take-back provision. Global 2007 Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, September, Boise, ID. 

In the business context, the international trends to more effective uranium utilization, closed fuel cycles with reprocessing and recycle of spent fuel, and more effective and efficient management of spent fuel and reduction of eventual wastes are becoming obvious. These trends require major exporters of nuclear reactors and uranium fuel with international commitments to develop an effective international presence and new technical processes to keep technology relevant and competitive (e.g., as evidenced by the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership efforts of the United States). 

D. J. Hill, Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Technology Development Plan, GNEP-TECH-TR-PP 2007, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, 2007. 

U.S. Department of Energy Global Nuclear Energy Partnership , http //www.gnep.energy.gov. 

In this context it is worth recaUing an important international political initiative the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), launched by the US Department of... 

Nuclear Energy Partnership (US DOE, 2007). So attempts to form energy policy, to influence global and national alliances, and simple economic and commercial pragmatism are now aU intertwined with the NPT. 

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