In Focus: Revisiting the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Multilateral Approaches to the Fuel Cycle
Visitors to Sellafield in the United Kingdom learn how the nuclear fuel cycle works. (Credit: BNFL)
- Resources & Related Links
- The Nuclear Fuel Cycle, BBC News
- The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Is It Time for a Multilateral Approach?, Arms Control Today, December 2004
- Towards A Safer World, by Mohamed ElBaradei (published in The Economist), October 2003
- IAEA & the NPT
- Perspectives on Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle [pdf]
- Animation of Nuclear Fuel Cycle
- What is the Nuclear Fuel Cycle?
- Proposals & Statements
- US $50 Million Commitment for IAEA Fuel Bank, by Sam Nunn, 28 December 2007 [pdf]
- INFCIRC/704, German Proposal, 4 May 2007 [pdf]
- Australia at the 2004 NPT PrepCom [pdf]
- Brazil at the 2004 NPT PrepCom [pdf]
- Canada at the 2004 NPT PrepCom [pdf]
- France at the 2004 NPT PrepCom [pdf]
- Iran at the 2004 NPT PrepCom [pdf]
- Japan at the 2004 NPT PrepCom [pdf]
- Russian Federation at the 2004 NPT PrepCom [pdf]
- Sweden at the 2004 NPT PrepCom [pdf]
- Switzerland at the 2004 NPT PrepCom [pdf]
- UK at the 2004 NPT PrepCom [pdf]
- US at the 2004 NPT PrepCom
News Updates
Berlin Hosts Gathering on Worldwide Nuclear Fuel Trade
17 April 2008 | Germany, the Netherlands and the UK hosted an international conference on nuclear fuel supply from 17-18 April. The event brought together governmental, technical, and industrial leaders to discuss a variety of issues regarding the nuclear fuel cycle.
Related Stories
- Norway Pledges Support to Fuel Bank Plan, 28 February 2008
- Germany Outlines Multiparty Approach to Nuclear Fuel Cycle, 18 February 2008
- IAEA Welcomes US Contribution to Nuclear Fuel Bank, 9 January 2008
- Report on Possible New Framework for Using Nuclear Energy, 15 June 2007
- G8 Summit: Leaders to Consider Multilateral Approaches to Nuclear Fuel Cycle, 11 June 2007
- Report on Assurances of Nuclear Supply & Non-Proliferation, 22 September 2006
- September Special Event: Assurances of Nuclear Supply and Non-Proliferation, 14 June 2006
- Moscow Conference on Multilateral Approaches for Nuclear Fuel Cycle, July 2005
- Experts Release Findings on Multilateral Nuclear Approaches, February 2005
- Director General Addresses Expert Group, September 2004
- Experts Examine Multilateral Approaches to Fuel Cycle, August 2004
- Experts Target Nuclear Proliferation Risks, February 2004
Key Reports
The views expressed in these documents do not necessarily reflect those of the IAEA or of the Expert Group.
- Report by Expert Group: Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle [pdf]
- Background Issues, by the IAEA Office of External Relations, providing historical context and raising preliminary questions, 2004 [pdf]
- Multi or Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Revisiting the Issue, the views of several European authors on multilateral models, 2004 [pdf]
- The Nuclear Fuel Cycle and The Bush Nonproliferation Initiative, T. Neff reviews US non-proliferation policies, 2004 [pdf]
- The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: A Challenge for Non-proliferation, L. Scheinman defines the relevance and importance of multinational institutional arrangements, 2004
- Considerations on Multinational Repositories, IAEA authors review several aspects of multinational spent fuel and waste repositories, 2004 [pdf]
- Regional Nuclear Fuel Cycle Centres: IAEA Study Project, IAEA authors deal with the outcome of a 1975-77 study. [pdf]
- International Co-Operation In The Supply Of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Services, C. Allday analyses, from an industrial perspective, 1977 [pdf]