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Interim Storage, Environmental Justice, and Generational Equity

Interim Storage, Environmental Justice, and Generational Equity

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Leigh, C.D. ,
Dotson, L.J.
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With the termination of the Yucca Mountain project, which was proposed to be our nation’s first repository for the disposal of military and civilian spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, the future of nuclear waste management and disposal in this country became increasingly uncertain. Interim storage has been advocated by many as a temporary solution while a permanent solution is studied for potentially several more decades to come.

Reset of America's Nuclear Waste Management Strategy and Policy

Reset of America's Nuclear Waste Management Strategy and Policy

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Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation ,
George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs
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The U.S. nuclear waste management program has labored for decades at a cost of billions of dollars each year, and yet there is still no active disposal program either for spent nuclear fuel from commercial reactors or for the high-level radioactive legacy waste and spent nuclear fuel from defense programs.

Interim Storage, Environmental Justice, and Generational Equity

Interim Storage, Environmental Justice, and Generational Equity

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Leigh, C.D. ,
Dotson, L.J.
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With the termination of the Yucca Mountain project, which was proposed to be our nation’s first repository for the disposal of military and civilian spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, the future of nuclear waste management and disposal in this country became increasingly uncertain. Interim storage has been advocated by many as a temporary solution while a permanent solution is studied for potentially several more decades to come.

Dose Rate Calculations for the 2-MCO/2-DHLW Waste Package

Dose Rate Calculations for the 2-MCO/2-DHLW Waste Package

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OCRWM
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The objective of this calculation is to determine the dose rates on the external surfaces of the waste package (WP) containing two Hanford defense high-level waste (DHLW) glass canisters and two Hanford multi-canister overpacks (MCO). Each MCO is loaded with the N Reactor spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The information provided by the sketches attached to this calculation is that of the potential design for the WP type considered in this calculation.
high level waste radiation protection storage hanford site 2-mco/2-dhlw dose calculation multi-canister overpack defense

WHF and RF Thermal Evaluation

WHF and RF Thermal Evaluation

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Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC
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The purpose of this analysis is to estimate the peak fuel assembly cladding temperature within the transportation casks that will be received in the WHF and RF, and to compare this value with established temperature limits. Thermally limiting scenarios are evaluated for both normal and off-normal operating conditions, with the off-normal condition defined as a loss of active ventilation. A second purpose of this analysis is to identify a specific room in the surface facilities as thermally limiting of all the rooms, with respect to the potentially highest temperatures on the concrete walls.
thermal analysis transportation yucca mountain heat load
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