Use of transportable storage casks in the nuclear waste management system
A study was performed to determine the viability of the use of transportable storage casks (TSCs), and other metal casks that are designed primarily for storage but which might be used to ship their stored contents to DOE on a one-time use basis (referred to in this study as storage only casks, or SOCs), in the combined utility/DOE spent fuel management system. The viability of the use of TSCs and SOCs was assessed in terms of the costs and savings involved in their use, the sensitivity of these costs and savings to changes in the capacity and cost of fabrication of the casks, the impacts of variation in cask design features on cost and radiation exposure of personnel, and their prospective use in connection with the transport of defense high level wastes. Estimates were developed of the costs of acquiring and handling of TSCs and SOCs at reactor sites. For comparison purposes, similar costs were developed for the use of concrete storage casks at reactor sites. Estimates of the savings involved to the DOE system as a result of receiving spent fuel in TSCs or SOCs were separately developed. A summary of the results of cost estimates developed in Section 4.0 and the Appendices to this report is shown in Tables 2-1 and 2-2 for instances in which the TSC or SOC were delivered to DOE containing intact fuel assemblies and cans of consolidated fuel, respectively. 2 figs., 14 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- H and R Technical Associates, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (USA); Johnson (E.R.) Associates, Inc., Oakton, VA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5208617
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/Sub-86-SA094/1; ORNL/Sub-86-SA224/1; HR/JAI-289; ON: DE88007847
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CONTAINERS
COST
DECISION MAKING
DESIGN
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
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