Overview of spent fuel management options: technology and cost
Conference
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OSTI ID:5121437
There are several spent fuel management options available to utilities beyond the traditional options of reracking and transshipment. Two different dry storage options have been licensed by NRC and it appears that NRC will issue a license amendment to allow for the storage of consolidated spent fuel in the very near future. The use of either of these spent fuel management options is highly dependent upon the individual requirements of the utility. There are several factors that must be considered when choosing a specific fuel management option. Among these are capital and operating costs, local political climate, structural strength of the spent fuel pool (rod consolidation), availability and cost of additional land (dry storage), and the amount of additional effort required, if any, to provide spent fuel in a form acceptable to DOE. Either of these spent fuel management options, dry storage or rod consolidation, is capable of meeting the needs of utilities for additional spent fuel storage until DOE begins accepting spent fuel for final disposal in 1998.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5121437
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-14378; CONF-861032-1; ON: DE87002068
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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