Technology, safety and costs of decommissioning reference independent spent fuel storage installations. [Contains glossary]

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5405114· OSTI ID:5405114

Ludwick, J D; Moore, E B

Safety and cost information is developed for the conceptual decommissioning of five different types of reference independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSIs), each of which is being given consideration for interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in the United States. These include one water basin-type ISFSI (wet) and four dry ISFSIs (drywell, silo, vault, and cask). The reference ISFSIs include all component parts necessary for the receipt, handling and storage of spent fuel in a safe and efficient manner. Three decommissioning alternatives are studied to obtain comparisons between costs (in 1981 dollars), occupational radiation doses, and potential radiation doses to the public. The alternatives considered are: DECON (immediate decontamination), SAFSTOR (safe storage followed by deferred decontamination), and ENTOMB (entombment followed by long-term surveillance).

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5405114
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-2210; ON: DE84006094
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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