As some were sowing confusion at the meeting on June 24 about the AVR reactor and whether it was connected to the electrical grid, SRS Watch has submitted an additional comment for the record of the “environmental assessment” (EA) on the German spent fuel dumping. This supports earlier comments about commercial production of electricity by the AVR and THTR-3000 reactors and that they were connected to the commercial electrical grid. The discussion is thus over – both of the German nuclear reactors were connected to the grid and were used for commercial production of electricity. They were experimental power reactors, not research reactors. The US must not set a precedent and import commercial spent fuel which will only be dumped at SRS as there is no way to “dispose” of it after any processing.
Stay tuned for more comments from SRS Watch before the EA comment period ends on July 21. Others are encouraged to also submit comments against the plan by special interests affiliated with the US DOE and/or Germany to dump commercial spent fuel at SRS – see Federal Register notice of June 4 for details on where to submit comments: “Environmental Assessment for the Acceptance and Disposition of Used Nuclear Fuel Containing U.S.-Origin Highly Enriched Uranium From the Federal Republic of Germany“