For those that didn't open the attachment (Testimony by Eric P....

For those that didn't open the attachment (Testimony by Eric P. Loewen, 900 years April 28, 2009.pdf)
Here is what Eric Loewen said on page 6 of that attachment-:

Advancing Technology for Nuclear Energy Prepared Testimony Eric ...

Eric P. Loewen, Ph.D. ... Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development ... Loewen, Chief Consulting Engineer of Advanced Plants at GE Hitachi Nuclear ...

GEH has requested an opportunity to engage with the Commission to discuss the benefits of full-recycling and the establishment of recycling centers.

Some of the benefits of recycling that we will outline include:

• Reducing the required storage time of used nuclear fuel by over 99.99%, from
greater than 1 million years to several hundred years;

• Using the current U.S. inventory of 60,000 metric tons of used nuclear fuel to meet the electricity generation demands of the United States for over 100 years if recycled within a high energy GEN IV reactor (using 2008 U.S.
electricity generation data); and

• Using the U.S. inventory of depleted uranium that is discarded during the enrichment process that has the potential to meet the electricity generation demands of the United States for over 900 years if recycled within a sodium cooled GEN IV reactor (using 2008 U.S. electricity generation data.)

While GEH believes the PRISM is an excellent technology, we acknowledge that it is not the only technology and will encourage the Commission to embrace the concept of recycling rather than endorse a particular technology.
GEH supports establishing advanced recycling centers in the regions where the reactors stand and where consumers have paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund.

Anybody who thinks that the US won't grasp this new technology with both hands? just doesn't understand the brilliance of this technology, I don't believe for one minute that GE would be giving up any of it's 51% in GLE, which is a big part of this, it is the part that will allow them to recycle the Uranium 235 component in UNF for reuse as LEU in BWR's and it will do it much easier and cheaper than any other tech available today, the Russians may be recycling now using pyrochemical means and centrifuge technology, but the Silex method will be much better at it.