Year
1967
Abstract
Those who planned the program today are to be commended for excellent coverage of the many pertinent subjects related to nuclear materials management. A review of the agenda reflects authoritative treatment of the technical aspects of the subject, the interest of the Federal Establishment, and various industrial in- volvements. Consequently, in considering my remarks, I felt that perhaps any observa- tions on my part should be confined exclusively to a regional perspective. We have, of course, been interested from the SINE point of view in regulations, codes and procedures, present and future markets, special traffic problems, indemnity and health physics, as well as reprocessing, fuel production and materials management in its many ramifications . The Southern Interstate Nuclear Board has followed very closely the evolution of the industry. We have engaged in a supporting, developmental sense in the move into electric power generation. Within the last two years, there have been eight utility companies to announce nuclear power facilities in the SINE Region with a com- bined generating capacity of almost 11,000 megawatts and a capital investment of well over one billion dollars. This surge of activity foretells the growing responsibility for all interested parties in nuclear fuels through the full cycle. We have engaged as an agency in efforts with the AEC in special briefings for utility executives in Oak Ridge, and in May co-sponsored a major conference in Augusta, Georgia on \"Nuclear Power Fuel Reprocessing—Technology and Economics.\"