Siting, design and cost of shallow land burial facilities in northern New England. Volume 1

Technical Report · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6475605

This study investigated the technical feasibility and cost of shallow land burial (SLB) as one low-level radioactive waste disposal option for Maine and the northern New England states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The results are presented in five chapters addressing the licensing process for an SLB facility, the siting process, the engineering design, the cost of disposal, and the cost of transportation. Chapter 2 reviews the Federal and State licensing processes and requirements for development of an SLB facility. Included in this discussion are the stages in the life cycle of SLB facility. Chapter 3 provides site selection criteria for Maine and presents a proposed site selection methodology. The site selection criteria are defined and the reasoning behind their selection is explained. Chapter 4 discusses SLB trench and facility designs and costs. To accommodate different waste volume scenarios, differently sized facilities are discussed, representing Maine going-it-alone and a northern New England compact. Designs and costs of scenarios including nuclear power plant decommissioning wastes are also discussed. Cost estimates of licensing, facility construction, operation, closure, and post closure care are presented for the different waste volume scenarios. Chapter 5 presents estimates of what it would cost LLW generators to dispose of their waste in a Maine-only or a northern New England shallow land burial facility. The reliability of the estimates and their sensitivity to changes in waste volume are also discussed. Chapter 6 examines transportation costs.

• Research Organization: Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, Augusta (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG07-83ID12466
• OSTI ID: 6475605
• Report Number(s): DOE/ID/12466-T2; ON: DE86003246
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COST
DESIGN
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
FEDERAL REGION I
LICENSING
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MAINE
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SITE SELECTION
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
USA
VERMONT
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES