Site selection and assessment for a nuclear storage facility

Conference · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:378655

Rutherford, D A; Zardecki, A

We investigate the structure and accuracy of the decision making process in finding an optimal location for stored nuclear materials for 25-50 years. Using a well-documented facility design, benefit hierarchy is set up for different sites to rank a given site for different options. Criteria involve safeguards standards, technical viability, environmental effects, economics, political impact, and public acceptance. Problem faced here is multi-criterion decision making. Two approaches are investigated: analytic hierarchy process (AHP) of Saaty, and fuzzy logic approach of Yager. Whereas AHP requires a pairwise comparison of criteria and pairwise comparison of alternatives, in Yager`s approach each alternative is considered independently, allowing one to extend the analysis without performing time-consuming computation.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 378655
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--96-2533; CONF-960767--36; ON: DE96014218
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
DECISION MAKING
FISSILE MATERIALS
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
STORAGE FACILITIES