Spent nuclear fuel: a comparison of at-reactor basin storage and away-from-reactor storage. [Macro-economic comparison]

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5120241· OSTI ID:5120241

A nuclear power reactor operator, confronted with rising spent fuel inventories that would soon exceed storage capacity, has several options to remedy this situation: transshipment, reracking of existing at-reactor storage basins (ARB), new ARB's, and away-from-reactor (AFR) basins. This report examines the latter two cases where a macro-economic comparison of each storage system is developed. The AFR storage system proved to be significantly more economical. This analysis indicates that 46 ARB's would be needed to meet storage requirements compared to only three AFR's. The total discounted costs associated with building new ARB's and AFR's are $4.7 billion and $1.2 billion respectively.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy
• OSTI ID: 5120241
• Report Number(s): DOE/NE-0010; TRN: 80-015973
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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