The DOE position on the MRS (monitored retrievable storage) facility

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5689241

The DOE supports the development of an MRS facility as an integral part of the waste-management system because an MRS facility would allow the DOE to better meet its strategic objectives of timely disposal, timely and adequate waste acceptance, schedule confidence, and system flexibility. This facility would receive, store, and stage shipments of intact spent fuel to the repository and could be later expanded to perform additional functions that may be determined to be beneficial or required as the system design matures. Recognizing the difficulty of DOE-directed siting through national or regional screening, the DOE prefers an MRS facility that is sited through the efforts of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator, especially if the siting negotiations lead to linkages that allow the advantages of an MRS facility to be more fully realized. Even if such revised linkages are not achieved, however, the DOE supports the development of the MRS facility. 23 refs.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5689241
• Report Number(s): DOE/RW-0239; ON: TI89015571
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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