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Technology, safety and costs of decommissioning a reference boiling water reactor power station. Volume 1. Main report. Technical report, September 1977-October 1979

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6596267· OSTI ID:6596267

Technology, safety and cost information is given for the conceptual decommissioning of a large (1100MWe) boiling water reactor (BWR) power station. Three approaches to decommissioning, immediate dismantlement, safe storage with deferred dismantlement and entombment, were studied to obtain comparisons between costs, occupational radiation doses, potential dose to the public and other safety impacts. It also shows the sensitivity of decommissioning safety and costs to the power rating of a BWR in the range of 200 to 1100 MWE.

Research Organization:
Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
OSTI ID:
6596267
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR-0672-V-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English