Economics of spent fuel storage options at reactor sites

Conference · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5840771

Holter, G M; Merrill, E T

This paper summarizes the results of studies carried out under DOE's Commercial Spent Fuel Management Program to estimate the costs that would be incurred by a nuclear utility in providing enhanced onsite storage capability for spent light water reactor )LWR) fuel. The basic estimated storage costs include cost factors or arrays for each alternative method of storage considered, as well as the additional costs involved in various options of pre-atorage preparation of the fuel. Cost data are provided for (1) storage enhancement within an existing storage pool, by reracking and/or consolidation of fuel; (2) construction and use of an additional, separate water basin for storage; and (3) utilization of dry storage options (metal casks, drywells, concrete silos, or storage vaults). In addition, costs are given for canning of integral assemblies and for consolidation and canning of fuel. In each case, the storage facilities are assumed to be located at an existing reactor site; if a separate site were to be utilized for storage, appropriate site development and maintenance costsx would need to be added. The basic cost tables are tied together by a decision tree logic diagram designed to simulate the decision steps a utility planner might take in selecting from alternative storage technologies to best meet the requirements of his situation.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5840771
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-11614; CONF-830905-7; ON: DE83018283
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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