Spent Nuclear Fuel and High- Level Radioactive Waste Inventory Report Revision 6

This report provides information on the inventory of commercial spent fuel (SNF) and high-level
radioactive waste (HLW) in the United States, as well as non-commercial SNF and HLW in the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) complex. Actual or estimated quantitative values for current inventories are
provided along with inventory forecasts derived from examining different future commercial nuclear power
generation scenarios. The report also includes select information on the characteristics associated with the
wastes examined (e.g., type, packaging, heat generation rate, decay curves). This report was produced for
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support various analyses on options for storage and transport of
SNF and HLW and sponsored by DOE’s Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition (SFWD). The report
draws from and complements a previously issued report, Fuel Cycle Potential Waste Inventory for
Disposition [Carter, 2013], developed for DOE’s Used Nuclear Fuel Research & Development Campaign.
The current report is not intended as a revision to either Fuel Cycle Potential Waste Inventory for
Disposition [Carter, 2013] or Evaluation of Options for Permanent Geologic Disposal of Spent Nuclear
Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Support of a Comprehensive National Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Strategy [SNL, 2014] from which some underlying data is used as referenced in the current report. Rather,
this report is intended as a stand-alone report providing estimates of current and projected SNF and HLW
inventory and has been generated for SFWD planning purposes.