A Literature Review and Compilation of Nuclear Waste Management System Attributes for Use in Multi-Objective System Evaluations - 16618

Conference · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:22838362

Kalinina, Elena ^[1]; Samsa, Michael ^[2]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS 0779, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0779 (United States)
2. Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439 (United States)

The purpose of this work was to compile a comprehensive initial set of potential nuclear waste management system attributes. This initial set of attributes is intended to serve as a starting point for additional consideration by system analysts and planners to facilitate the development of a waste management system multi-objective evaluation framework based on the principles and methodology of multi-attribute utility analysis. The compilation is primarily based on a review of reports issued by the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) and the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (BRC), but also an extensive review of the available literature for similar and past efforts as well. Numerous system attributes found in different sources were combined into a single objectives-oriented hierarchical structure. This study provides a discussion of the data sources and the descriptions of the hierarchical structure. A particular focus of this study was on collecting and compiling inputs from past studies that involved the participation of various external stakeholders. However, while the important role of stakeholder input in a country's waste management decision process is recognized in the referenced sources, there are only a limited number of in-depth studies of the stakeholders' differing perspectives. Compiling a comprehensive hierarchical listing of attributes is a complex task since stakeholders have multiple and often conflicting interests. The BRC worked for two years (January 2010 to January 2012) to 'ensure it has heard from as many points of view as possible'. The Canadian NWMO study took four years and ample resources, involving national and regional stakeholders' dialogs, internet-based dialogs, information and discussion sessions, open houses, workshops, round-tables, public attitude research, web site, and topic reports. The current compilation effort benefited from the distillation of these many varied inputs conducted by the previous studies. The initial set of attributes is intended to provide a starting point for considering potential objectives for evaluating nuclear waste management system options. It is envisioned that this initial set will evolve and be revised as new and additional input is received from stakeholders on various attributes and their relative importance. (authors)

• Research Organization: WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
• OSTI ID: 22838362
• Report Number(s): INIS-US--19-WM-16618
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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