Abstract
Recent develo p m e n t s h ave lead to renewed interest in building nuclear power plants; among these are the cost of oil, the need for clean, stable domestic energy sources in the United States, the growing consensus on carbon dioxide contributions to global warming, and the new Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) initiative. The TMS/ASM Nuclear Materials Committee this month presents two papers focusing on materials needs for advanced nuclear systems, one providing details on the GNEP and the other considering the material needs of space-based nuclear power plants. The GNEP in essence looks to close the fuel cycle, which means returning plutonium and other actinides back to reactors and using them as fuel rather than the “once-through, direct-disposal” approach. As a component of this new initiative the U.S. Department of Energy, offi ce of Basic Energy Sciences, organized a workshop in July 2006 to examine Materials for Advanced Nuclear Systems
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