Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage, Disposal, and Reprocessing

Selected Publications and Presentations:

 

Matthew Bunn, Hui Zhang, and Li Kang, The Cost of Reprocessing in China (Cambridge, Mass.: Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University, January 2016).

Matthew Bunn, Steve Fetter, John P. Holdren, and Bob van der Zwaan, The Economics of Reprocessing vs. Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel (Cambridge, MA: Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University, December 2003). 117 pp.

Matthew Bunn, Steve Fetter, John P. Holdren, and Bob van der Zwaan, “The Economics of Reprocessing v. Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel,” Nuclear Technology, Vol. 150, No. 3 (June 2005), pp. 209-230.

Matthew Bunn, "The Economics of Reprocessing and Recycling vs. Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel," presentation, National Academies Committee on Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles, June 7, 2021.

Matthew Bunn, “Managing Spent Fuel and Nuclear Waste Successfully – What Needs to be Done?” Testimony before the Blue-Ribbon Commission on the Nuclear Future, 25 May 2010.

Matthew Bunn, “Risks of GNEP’s Focus on Near-Term Reprocessing,” Testimony before the Committee on Energy and National Resources, U.S. Senate, 14 November 2007.

Matthew Bunn, “Assessing the Benefits, Costs, and Risks of Near-Term Reprocessing and Alternatives,” Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Water, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, 14 September 2006.

Matthew Bunn, John P. Holdren, Allison Macfarlane, Susan E. Pickett, Atsuyuki Suzuki, Tatsujiro Suzuki, and Jennifer Weeks, Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Safe, Flexible, and Cost-Effective Approach to Spent Fuel Management (Cambridge, MA: Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University, and Project on Sociotechnics of Nuclear Energy, University of Tokyo, June 2001). 127 pp.

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