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Management perspective on possible payment options for defense high-level waste disposal fees

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6676872

The Department of Energy intends to send the high-level radioactive waste from operations related to the production of defense materials to combined civilian/defense repositories for disposal. The federal government must pay a fee to cover its fair share of the cost for the disposal system. This report provides a management perspective on the issues associated with the fee payment schedules for defense high-level waste disposal and provides an objective, preliminary analysis of the options that are being considered, indicating the tradeoffs for each option. 6 refs., 4 figs.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); USDOE Richland Operations Office, WA
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
6676872
Report Number(s):
DOE/RL-88-22; PNL-6720; ON: TI89003420
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English