Role of the MRS - An overview

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6945459

Isaacs, T H ^[1]

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1. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) as amended authorized the US Department of Energy (DOE) to site, construct, and operate a monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility as an integral component of the federal waste management system, subject to specific conditions limiting storage capacity and linking the schedule of the MRS facility to the schedule for a geologic repository. This paper examines the role of the MRS facility as an integral part of the waste management system and, as such, how it would contribute to acceptance of waste as early as 1998. However, in order to do so and as evidenced by the comments above, the existing statutory linkages would need to be waived or otherwise changed. The paper discusses the DOE's siting strategy; MRS design and development; finances.

• OSTI ID: 6945459
• Report Number(s): CONF-901101--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 62
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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