U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific and Technical Information
Spent fuel storage requirements, 1991--2040
Abstract
Historical inventories of spent fuel are combined with US Department of Energy (DOE) projections of future discharges from commercial nuclear reactors in the United States to provide estimates of spent fuel storage requirements over the next 50 years, through the year 2040. The needs for storage capacity beyond that presently available in the pools are estimated. These estimates incorporate the maximum capacities within current and planned in-pool storage facilities and any planned transshipments of fuel to other reactors or facilities. Existing and future dry storage facilities are also discussed. Historical data through December 1990 are derived from the 1991 Form RW-859 data survey of nuclear utilities. Projected discharges through the end of reactor life are based on DOE estimates of future nuclear capacity, generation, and spent fuel discharges.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States); USDOE Richland Operations Office, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5538763
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/RL-91-54
ON: DE92013163
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; CAPACITY; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUEL POOLS; INVENTORIES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; STORAGE; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; 052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage
Citation Formats
. Spent fuel storage requirements, 1991--2040. United States: N. p., 1991.
Web.
. Spent fuel storage requirements, 1991--2040. United States.
. 1991.
"Spent fuel storage requirements, 1991--2040". United States.
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abstractNote = {Historical inventories of spent fuel are combined with US Department of Energy (DOE) projections of future discharges from commercial nuclear reactors in the United States to provide estimates of spent fuel storage requirements over the next 50 years, through the year 2040. The needs for storage capacity beyond that presently available in the pools are estimated. These estimates incorporate the maximum capacities within current and planned in-pool storage facilities and any planned transshipments of fuel to other reactors or facilities. Existing and future dry storage facilities are also discussed. Historical data through December 1990 are derived from the 1991 Form RW-859 data survey of nuclear utilities. Projected discharges through the end of reactor life are based on DOE estimates of future nuclear capacity, generation, and spent fuel discharges.},
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