Monitored retrievable storage: a waste management option for spent fuel and high-level wastes
One option for managing spent fuel and high-level wastes is the Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) concept. This concept will provide for long-term storage of spent fuel and nuclear wastes, under controlled and monitored conditions, in surface or near-surface facilities. The MRS concept is viewed primarily as a means for providing storage of spent fuel and nuclear wastes if mined geologic disposal is not available when needed. Eight concepts are under consideration for the storage of spent fuel and high-level wastes: metal casks, concrete silo, silo-in-trench, field drywells, tunnel drywells, open-cycle vault, closed-cycle vaults, and tunnel rack. All eight concepts for MRS storage are now undergoing engineering evaluation. From this evaluation, two leading concepts will be selected for further design and development. A proposal for facility construction based on these leading designs is scheduled to be delivered to the US Congress in June 1985.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5721596
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-11579; ON: DE83018286
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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