Waste system optimization - can diameter selection

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:60513

Ashline, R C

The purpose of the waste system optimization study is to define in terms of cost incentives the preferred waste package for HLW which has been converted to glass at a commercial reprocessing plant. The Waste Management Economic Model (WMEM) was employed to analyze the effect of varying important design parameters on the overall net present cost of waste handling. The parameters found to have the greatest effect on the calculated overall net present cost were can diameter, repository type (salt, basalt/bentonite, or welded tuff), allowable areal heat loading, and the repository availability date. The overall net present of a waste handling option is calculated over a 20-year operating period. It includes the total capital and operating costs associated with high-level and intermediate-level liquid waste storage, liquid waste solidification, hulls storage and compaction, and general process trash handling. It also includes the cask leasing and transportation costs associated with each waste type and the waste repository disposal costs. The waste repository disposal costs used in WMEM for this analysis were obtained from Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories and thir RECON model. 2 figures, 2 tables.

• Research Organization: Allied-General Nuclear Services, Barnwell, SC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-83SR11036
• OSTI ID: 60513
• Report Number(s): DOE/SR/11036--T17; ON: DE84005615
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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