Evaluation of potential benefits of transportable storage casks: Final report
A cash-flow methodology was developed to compare various waste-management system scenarios and evaluate the use of transportable storage casks (TSC). The net present value is used as the basis for scenario comparison. Five scenarios were analyzed considering: at-reactor spent-fuel storage in metal casks, transport of spent fuel by rail from reactors to the DOE facilities, lag storage and the interim storage of consolidated spent fuel at the monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility, and transport of consolidated spent fuel from the MRS to the repository. The TSC Utilization Case is the lowest cost case; it is $39 million to $175 million less costly than the Base Case, which uses storage-only casks in conjunction with transport-only casks. The results indicate that potential cost savings and reduced casks/spent-fuel handling can be obtained with integrated use of TSCs in the waste-management system.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Nuclear Assurance Corp., Norcross, GA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6204812
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-NP-6375
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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