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Characteristics of Potential Repository Wastes

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is responsible for all spent fuels and high-level wastes (HLW) that will eventually be disposed of in a geologic repository. The purpose of this document, and the information contained in the associated computerized data bases and supporting technical reports, is to provide the technical characteristics of the radioactive waste materials that will (or may) be accepted by DOE for interim storage in an MRS or emplacement in a repository as developed under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendment of 1987. Characterization data will be used by OCRWM for planning purposes, trade-off studies, system optimization, and conceptual design within the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project, the transportation program, the MRS program, overall systems integration, and development of waste acceptance criteria.

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DOE/RW-0184-R1
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