Nuclear power is poised to grow quickly in some parts of the world and could grow significantly here in the United States. Key decisions are pending, however, on how to structure that growth. MIT has completed a 3-year study on the Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle to address two overarching questions: (1) What are the long-term desirable fuel cycle options and (2) What are the implications for near-term policy choices?

On Tuesday, April 26, the study co-chairs - Professor Ernest J. Moniz, Director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and Professor Mujid Kazimi, Director of the MIT Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems - as well as Dr. Charles Forsberg, Executive Director of the MIT Fuel Cycle Study, and other members of the study group will discuss the findings and recommendations and respond to questions. The final report will be available both at the briefing and on the MITEI website after the event. The report is aimed principally at US government, industry, and academic leaders, but the study is carried out from an international perspective.

The press conference at which the study was released was webcast and can be viewed here. A summary of the report’s conclusions had been released earlier in September in a press conference held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies which can be viewed here.