Final version dry cask storage study

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6383232

This report was prepared in response to Section 5064 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 (the Amendments Act--Public Law 100-203), which directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study of the use of dry-cask-storage technology for storing spent fuel at the sites of civilian nuclear reactors until a geologic repository is available. In conducting this study, whose results are being reported to the Congress, the Secretary was to consider such factors as costs, effects on human health and the environment, and the extent to which the Nuclear Waste Fund can and should be used to provide funds for at-reactor storage. In addition, the Secretary was to consult with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), include NRC comments in the report, and solicit the views of State and local governments and the public. The study performed in response to these requirements was based largely on data published by the DOE or the NRC or included in documents issued by the DOE. Among the DOE documents are the 1987 MRS proposal to the Congress and a subsequent report, prepared to supply the Congress with additional information on the MRS facility. Because in evaluating dry storage at reactor sites it is necessary to take into account other options for meeting storage needs, this study covered all forms of at-reactor storage. 107 refs., 15 figs., 10 tabs.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6383232
• Report Number(s): DOE/RW-0220; ON: TI89010082
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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053000 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Environmental Aspects
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CASKS
COMPLIANCE
CONTAINERS
COST
DRY STORAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EVALUATION
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REGULATIONS
SPENT FUEL CASKS
SPENT FUEL STORAGE
STORAGE
US NRC
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WASTES