Legislative imperatives for California. New criteria for nuclear fuel cycle licensing in the light of U.S. anti-proliferation policies

This brief testimony comments on the relationships between the licensing of additional nuclear power plants in California and the Commission's duties under AB 2820 (nuclear fuel reprocessing) and AB 2822 (high-level nuclear waste management), and on the possibility of decoupling decisions on the licensing of nuclear power plants from decisions on the acceptability, timing, or location of reprocessing facilities. Halting the export of reprocessing facilities can aid in preventing proliferation. The decisions on licensing new nuclear power plants can be decoupled from decisions on reprocessing