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Monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility and salt repository integration: Engineering study report. [Contains glossary]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6914777
This MRS Facility and Salt Repository Integration Study evaluates the impacts of an integrated MRS/Salt Repository Waste Management System on the Salt Repository Surface facilities' design, operations, cost, and schedule. Eight separate cases were studied ranging from a two phase repository design with no MRS facility to a design in which the repository only received package waste from the MRS facility for emplacement. The addition of the MRS facility to the Waste Management System significantly reduced the capital cost of the salt repository. All but one of the cases studied were capable of meeting the waste acceptance data. The reduction in the size and complexity of the Salt Repository waste handling building with the integration of the MRS facility reduces the design and operating staff requirements. 7 refs., 35 figs., 43 tabs.
Research Organization:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (USA). Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation; Fluor Technology, Inc., Irvine, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-87CH10290; AC02-83WM46656
OSTI ID:
6914777
Report Number(s):
DOE/CH/46656-13; BMI/ONWI/C-22; ON: TI88014898
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English