Memo to the Next President: Creating a Nuclear-Fuel Bank


 

Publication Date: December 2008

Publisher: Progressive Policy Institute (U.S.)

Author(s): Evan Bayh

Research Area: Energy

Keywords: Nuclear policy; Presidential transition; Nuclear energy

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

How do we respond to valid and growing demands for civilian nuclear energy worldwide without permitting more countries to acquire nuclear weapons? The answer is to set up an international nuclear-fuel bank that would supply fuel to any country that agrees not to develop its own enriching and reprocessing facilities.