Safeguards considerations related to the use of multi-purpose canisters in the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management system
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
The US Department of Energy`s (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is responsible for disposing of the nation`s high-level radioactive waste. Currently, DOE is considering the use of Multi-Purpose Canisters (MPCs) to containerize commercial spent nuclear fuel (SNF) to be handled by the system. To achieve its safeguards and security objectives, OCRWM plans to institute a US Regulatory Commission (NRC)-approved safeguards program. Since the Mined Geologic Disposal System (MGDS) facility and a possible Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) facility may be subject to selection for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections, the safeguards program for MPCs may not preclude compliance with the requirements of the IAEA`s Annex D, Special Criteria for Difficult-to-Access Fuel Items. MPC safeguards are based on three principles: Verification, Material Control and Accounting, and Physical Protection.
- OSTI ID:
- 220841
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950197--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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