The Energy Department has released a draft report for public comment concerning its consent-based siting process for nuclear waste storage.
DOE months garnered more than 11,000 public comments on its consent-based siting process, which is the Obama administration’s strategy for managing spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste, between December and July.
The draft report, titled “Designing a Consent-Based Siting Process: Summary of Public Input,” is the department’s attempt to summarize those public comments. The public now has the chance to comment on the draft report through Oct. 30 at DOE’s consent-based siting website.
Acting DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy John Kotek, who is leading public outreach for the program, said last week that the department hopes to have a draft process in place by the end of 2016.
