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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Australian National Report, July 2003
Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Australian National Report, July 2003
The responsibility for the governance of Australia is shared by Australia's federal government (also known as the Commonwealth government) and the governments of the six states and two self governing territories. Responsibility for radiation health and safety in each State and Territory rests with the respective State/Territory government, unless the activity is carried out by a Commonwealth agency or a contractor to a Commonwealth agency; in those cases the activity is regulated by the Federal government (Commonwealth government of Australia).
Report on Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority's Activities in 2010
Report on Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority's Activities in 2010
In Hungary the use of atomic energy is governed by law (Act CXVI of 1996 on atomic energy, hereafter Atomic Act). In accordance with this Act, the control and supervision of the safety of applications is in the hand of the Government. The legal frame divides the basic regulatory tasks between the director-general of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) and the minister in charge of health.
Regulatory Guide - Geological Considerations in Siting a Repository for Underground Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste
Regulatory Guide - Geological Considerations in Siting a Repository for Underground Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste
At the present time in Canada, high-level radioactive waste is accumulating in the form of irradiated, used fuel from research reactors and nuclear power generating stations. The used fuel bundles are kept in water-filled bays at each of the reactor sites. Because water is both a radiation barrier and an effective coolant, this system provides a safe means of storage. Used fuel is also safely stored above ground in dry concrete canisters in several Canadian locations.
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.
Safe Management of Nuclear Waste and Used Nuclear Fuel
Safe Management of Nuclear Waste and Used Nuclear Fuel
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.