This report was prepared for the Secretary of Energy by a team of federal and contractor
personnel led by the Department’s Office of Nuclear Energy. The report assesses the technical
options for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and spent nuclear fuel
(SNF) managed by the Department of Energy. Specifically, it considers whether DOE-managed HLW and
SNF should be disposed of with commercial SNF and HLW in one geologic repository or whether there

DOE/RW-0584

This three-volume report serves several purposes. The first volume provides an introduction to the engineered materials effort for the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project. It defines terms and outlines the history of selection and
characterization of these materials. A summary of the recent engineered barrier system materials characterization workshop is presented, and the current candidate materials are listed. The second volume tabulates design data for engineered

Spent Nuclear Fuel Management: Outreach Needed to Help Gain Public Acceptance for Federal Activities That Address Liability
GAO-15-141: Published: Oct 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 12, 2014.

The Cyclic Integrated Reversible-Bending Fatigue Tester (CIRFT) can be used for
investigating the vibration integrity of spent nuclear fuel during transportation.This report is the R&D 100 submission related to the CIRFT.

This is the final report for the Argonne National Laboratory-East (ANL-E) Building 200
M-Wing Hot Cells Decontamination Project. The purpose of the project was to practically eliminate
the radioactive emissions of Rn-220 to the environment and to restore the hot cells to an empty
restricted use-condition. About 96.2 TBq (2,600 curies) per year of Rn-220 was being emitted at the
start of the project from the radioactive contaminants left in the hot cells at the end of the ANL-E
Proof-of-Breeding program work in 1985.

This is the final report for the Argonne National Laboratory-East (ANL-E) Building 200
M-Wing Hot Cells Decontamination Project. The purpose of the project was to practically eliminate
the radioactive emissions of Rn-220 to the environment and to restore the hot cells to an empty
restricted use-condition. About 96.2 TBq (2,600 curies) per year of Rn-220 was being emitted at the
start of the project from the radioactive contaminants left in the hot cells at the end of the ANL-E
Proof-of-Breeding program work in 1985.

The Fukushima nuclear event of March 2011 dramatically revealed the potential risks of holding significant spent nuclear fuel at wet pools requiring continuous water circulation to maintain safe cooling. The housings for four spent fuel pools were badly damaged, and all pools lost cooling and nearly suffered fuel exposure. These conditions had the potential to result in catastrophic radiation release, rivaling or exceeding safety concerns over the nuclear reactors themselves.

This is a copy of the non-proprietary version of Revision 15 of the HI-STAR 100 safety analysis report (SAR). This version of the SAR contains information pertinent to the Humboldt Bay specific MPC-HB canister and the HI-STAR 100 HB transportation cask.

This publication is a compilation of international experience with cask contamination problems
and decontamination practices. The objective is to represent current knowledge and experience as well
as developments, trends and potential for new applications in this field. Furthermore, the report may
assist in new design or modification of existing casks, cask handling systems and decontamination
equipment. The annexes contain figures of several cask types for illustration.