MRS (monitored retrievable storage) Systems Study Task 1 report: Waste management system reliability analysis
This is one of nine studies undertaken by contractors to the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), to provide a technical basis for re-evaluating the role of a monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility. The study evaluates the relative reliabilities of systems with and without an MRS facility using current facility design bases. The principal finding of this report is that the MRS system has several operational advantages that enhance system reliability. These are: (1) the MRS system is likely to encounter fewer technical issues, (2) the MRS would assure adequate system surface storage capacity to accommodate repository construction and startup delays of up to five years or longer if the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (NWPAA) were amended, (3) the system with an MRS has two federal acceptance facilities with parallel transportation routing and surface storage capacity, and (4) the MRS system would allow continued waste acceptance for up to a year after a major disruption of emplacement operations at the repository.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 6224634
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-6875; ON: DE89011200
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DIAGRAMS
EMERGENCY PLANS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLOWSHEETS
FUELS
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MATERIALS
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
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TASK SCHEDULING
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CASKS
CONTAINERS
DATA PROCESSING
DIAGRAMS
EMERGENCY PLANS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLOWSHEETS
FUELS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MONITORED RETRIEVABLE STORAGE
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR FUELS
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
REACTOR MATERIALS
RELIABILITY
SPENT FUEL CASKS
SPENT FUEL STORAGE
SPENT FUELS
STORAGE
TASK SCHEDULING
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE