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Facts and Issues of Direct Disposal of Spent Fuel
Facts and Issues of Direct Disposal of Spent Fuel
This report reviews those facts and issues that affect the direct disposal of spent reactor fuels. It is intended as a resource document for those impacted by the current Department of Energy (DOE) guidance that calls for the cessation of fuel reprocessing. It is not intended as a study of the specific impacts (schedules and costs) to the Savannah River Site (SRS) alone. Commercial fuels, other low enriched fuels, highly enriched defense-production, research, and naval reactor fuels are included in this survey, except as prevented by rules on classification.
Closing the US Fuel Cycle: Siting Considerations for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Facilities-Siting the Advanced Fuel Cycle Facility
Closing the US Fuel Cycle: Siting Considerations for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Facilities-Siting the Advanced Fuel Cycle Facility
The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), launched in February, 2006, proposes to introduce used nuclear fuel recycling in the United States (U.S.) with improved proliferation-resistance and a more effective waste management approach. This program is evaluating ways to close the fuel cycle in a manner that introduces the most advanced technologies of today and builds on recent breakthroughs in U.S. national laboratories while drawing on international and industry partnerships.
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 1--Palo Duro Location A
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 1--Palo Duro Location A
This three-volume document narrows to two sites for continued investigations for potential nuclear waste repository sites in the Palo Duro Basin of the Texas Panhandle. Volume 1 narrows a site previously identified in Deaf Smith County, Texas; Volume 2 narrows a site previously identified in Swisher County, Texas; and Volume 3 contains responses to comments received regarding the drafts of Volumes 1 and 2 (BMI/ONWI-531).<br/>These volumes discuss the methodology and logic used as well as the results that narrowed these sites.
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 3--Responses to Comments
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 3--Responses to Comments
This document responds to comments received by the U.S. Department<br/>of Energy (DOE) on the draft report entitled Identification of Sites Within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume I--Palo Duro Location A (in Deaf Smith County) and Volume II--Palo Duro Location B (in Swisher County), BMI/ONWI-531, February, 1984.
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 2--Palo Duro Location B
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 2--Palo Duro Location B
This three-volume document narrows to two sites for continued investigations for potential nuclear waste repository sites in the Palo Duro Basin of the Texas Panhandle. Volume 1 narrows a site previously identified in Deaf Smith County, Texas; Volume 2 narrows a site previously identified in Swisher County, Texas; and Volume 3 contains responses to comments received regarding the drafts of Volumes 1 and 2 (BMI/ONWI-531).<br/>These volumes discuss the methodology and logic used as well as the results that narrowed these sites.
Environmental Views on the Geologic Disposal of Nuclear Materials
Environmental Views on the Geologic Disposal of Nuclear Materials
Presented at the International Conference on Geologic Repositories, Denver, CO, November 1, 1999
The DOE Position on the MRS Facility
The DOE Position on the MRS Facility
The position of the Department of Energy (DOE) on the facility for monitored retrievable storage (MRS) can be summarized as follows: · ·<br/>• The DOE supports: the development of an MRS facility as an integral part of the waste-management system because an MRS facility would allow the DOE to better meet its strategic objectives of timely disposal, timely and adequate waste acceptance, schedule confidence, and system flexibility.
Final Environmental Impact Statement, Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste, Volume 2 Appendices
Final Environmental Impact Statement, Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste, Volume 2 Appendices
In the course of producing electrical power in light water reactors (LWRs), the uranium<br/>fuel accumulates fission products until the fission process is no longer efficient for power<br/>production. At that point the fuel is removed from the reactor and stored in water basins<br/>to allow radioactivity to partially decay before further disposition. This fuel is referred<br/>to as "spent fuel." Although spent fuel as it is discharged from a reactor is intensely<br/>radioactive, it has been stored safely in moderate quantities for decades.
Slides - EPA Geologic Disposal Standards, Overview and Experience
Slides - EPA Geologic Disposal Standards, Overview and Experience
Presented to Disposal Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
BRC Disposal Subcommittee, Essential Elelents of a State Technical Review and Lessons Unlearned on RAWD
BRC Disposal Subcommittee, Essential Elelents of a State Technical Review and Lessons Unlearned on RAWD
Presented to Disposal Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
The Use of Performance Assessment as a Tool in Focusing Scientific Evaluation of the WIPP Site
The Use of Performance Assessment as a Tool in Focusing Scientific Evaluation of the WIPP Site
Summary of comments for the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
DOE Sends Proposal to Congress for Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility in Tennessee
DOE Sends Proposal to Congress for Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility in Tennessee
OCRWM Bulletin (DOE/RW-0130) - DOE Sends Proposal to Congress for Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility in Tennessee
Additional Media Studies for Site Suitability Criteria
Additional Media Studies for Site Suitability Criteria
Site suitability studies at LLL to date have considered repositories in bedded salt and shale.
Site Evaluation Process
Site Evaluation Process
Slides - Development of a High-Level Radioactive Waste Regulatory Structure
Slides - Development of a High-Level Radioactive Waste Regulatory Structure
Presented to Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Department of Energy Selects Recipients of GNEP Siting Grants
Department of Energy Selects Recipients of GNEP Siting Grants
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that 11 commercial and public consortia have been selected to receive up to $16 million in grants, subject to negotiation, to conduct detailed siting studies for integrated spent fuel recycling facilities under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) initiative. DOE will award the grants early next year after negotiations are completed with prospective awardees.
DOE Seeks Public-Private Sector Expressions of Interest for Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Initiative
DOE Seeks Public-Private Sector Expressions of Interest for Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Initiative
Press Release - DOE Seeks Public-Private Sector Expressions of Interest for Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Initiative
Slides - Performance Assessment (Probabilistic Risk Assessment) as a Tool in Focusing Scientific Evaluation of the WIPP Site
Slides - Performance Assessment (Probabilistic Risk Assessment) as a Tool in Focusing Scientific Evaluation of the WIPP Site
Presented to the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Subcommittee on Disposal
Evaluation of Area Studies of the U.S. Gulf coast Salt Dome Basins-Figures and Appendices
Evaluation of Area Studies of the U.S. Gulf coast Salt Dome Basins-Figures and Appendices
Results of the evaluation of data from area studies in salt domes of the interior basins of the Gulf Coast region are presented, along with background information about salt domes, the site qualification process, and data collection and analysis methods;
Evaluation of Area Studies of the U.S. Gulf coast Salt Dome Basins
Evaluation of Area Studies of the U.S. Gulf coast Salt Dome Basins
Results of the evaluation of data from area studies in salt domes of the interior basins of the Gulf Coast region are presented, along with background information about salt domes, the site qualification process, and data collection and analysis methods; discussions of the geologic and environmental data obtained for the eight salt domes under investigation during area studies; and analysis of the data according to preestablished criteria.
Comments by the State of Nevada on EPA's Proposed New Radiation Protection Rule for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
Comments by the State of Nevada on EPA's Proposed New Radiation Protection Rule for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
After an exhaustive review process that encompassed EPAÕs proposed rule, as presented in the Federal Register Notice, as well as the reference materials cited in that Notice, Nevada concludes that EPAÕs proposed standard is inconsistent with the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences (as required by the Energy Policy Act of 1992) and the July 9, 2004 ruling of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Federal Register, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 CFR Part 19 et al., Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Proposed Geological Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; Proposed Rule, Part II
Federal Register, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 CFR Part 19 et al., Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Proposed Geological Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; Proposed Rule, Part II
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory<br/>Commission (NRC) is proposing<br/>licensing criteria for disposal of spent<br/>nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive<br/>wastes in the proposed geologic<br/>repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.<br/>These criteria will address the<br/>performance of the repository system at<br/>Yucca Mountain, a system that must<br/>comprise both natural and engineered<br/>barriers.
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
Management of civilian radioactive waste has posed difficult issues for Congress since the beginning of the nuclear power industry in the 1950s. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds.
Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste
Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste
19th Annual Symposium-Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste