Generic waste management concepts for six LWR fuel cycles. [Three recycle and three no-recycle options]

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5719681· OSTI ID:5719681

DePue, J D ^[1]

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1. ed.

This report supplements the treatment of waste management issues provided in the Generic Environmental Statement on the use of recycle plutonium in mixed oxide fuel in light water cooled reactors (GESMO, NUREG-0002). Three recycle and three no-recycle options are described in this document. Management of the radioactive wastes that would result from implementation of either type of fuel cycle alternative is discussed. For five of the six options, wastes would be placed in deep geologic salt repositories for which thermal criteria are considered. Radiation doses to the workers at the repositories and to the general population are discussed. The report also covers the waste management schedule, the land and salt commitments, and the economic costs for the management of wastes generated.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5719681
• Report Number(s): ANL/EIS-11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
BWR TYPE REACTORS
CHALCOGENIDES
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FUEL CYCLE
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
LAND USE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FUELS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
PWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTORS
SALT DEPOSITS
SPENT FUELS
STORAGE
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM DIOXIDE
URANIUM OXIDES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS