This report documents the concepts, feasibility, advantages, disadvantages and recommendations for STAD canister systems developed by EnergySolutions and its team of partners: NAC International, Talisman International, Booz Allen Hamilton, TerranearPMC, Exelon Nuclear Partners and Sargent & Lundy, hereafter referred to as “the Team”.

This report documents an initial evaluation of integrating standardized canisters into the nuclear waste management system, which is an intermediate step in the quantitative assessment of standardization. This is a technical report that does not take into account the contractual limitations under the Standard Contract (10 CFR Part 961) that DOE has in place with nuclear utilities. Under the Standard Contract, DOE is obligated to accept only bare UNF. Acceptance of canistered UNF would require a mutual agreement to modify the contract.

This presentation was given at the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) meeting June 24, 2015 in Golden, Colorado. It covered the standardized transportation, aging, and disposal (STAD) canister design work being performed by DOE and responded to a number of NWTRB questions.

This presentation was presented at the WM2015 presentation in Phoenix, AZ on March 17, 2015.

The purpose of this document is to provide the requirements rationale for the current version of the Transportation, Aging and Disposal Canister System Performance Specification; WMO-TADCS-000001.

Presentation to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) in regards to integrating standardization into the nuclear waste management system.