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In sumnary, humanistic considerations and consequences require much more Response<br />

sophisticated development and more social imagination. The Statement quantitatively analyzed the waste manage-<br />

4. OMER NUCEAR POWEB PROJECTIONS<br />

The Statement should take account <strong>of</strong> the environmental effects <strong>of</strong> managing<br />

waste generated by other projections <strong>of</strong> nuclear power production.<br />

ment impacts <strong>of</strong> the following five scenarios:<br />

1. Present inventory (equivalent to industry shutdown).<br />

2. Present capacity to retirement (equivalent to licensing<br />

no new reactors).<br />

Additional projections beyond those now considered and which require 3. Installed capacity <strong>of</strong> 250 GWe in year 2000 and declining<br />

attention are (a) that all commercially generated nuclear power pro- to zero in year 2040.<br />

duction would cease in 1980; and (b) that nuclear power production by 4. Installed capacity <strong>of</strong> 250 GWe in year 2000 and continu-<br />

present facilities or those currently licensed would be permitted.-e~ly<br />

ing at 250 GWe to year 2040.<br />

until their normal decommissioning dates. 5. Installed capacity <strong>of</strong> 250 GWe in year 2000 and growing<br />

to 500 GWe in year 2040.<br />

C. STATEMENT PRESENTATION<br />

These scenarios bound the range <strong>of</strong> possible reactor futures<br />

1. tEacr that are presently thought to be reasonable.<br />

The Statement is unnecessarily wordy and voluminous. It should be Re<br />

Response<br />

reorganized and cut drastically by judicious rewriting and editing, with<br />

An effort was made to increase the overall clarity and<br />

the aim <strong>of</strong> reducing the basic volume to less than 300 pages.<br />

readability <strong>of</strong> the document by reducing the number <strong>of</strong> pages,<br />

lMuch <strong>of</strong> the Statement treats methods in inordinate detail, thus obscuring being consistent in the use <strong>of</strong> terminology, utilizing summary<br />

the findings and the central ideas that went into models. It relies tables where possible, and relegating supporting or more<br />

detailed data and information to the Appendices.

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