Monitored retrievable storage conceptual system study: open field drywells

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:7148195

Unterzuber, R; Cross, T E; Krasicki, B R; Lundberg, W L

The purpose of this study is to assemble descriptions of open field drywell storage concepts from available literature and to then modify them as necessary to present a monitored retrievable storage (MRS) concept for spent fuel or high-level waste storage which satisfies a common set of requirements and assumptions provided by Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL). The MRS concept described herein will be considered by PNL against other similarly normalized concepts, will be evaluated for performance against a set of ranking criteria, and will then be considered by DOE for selection as the concept(s) to be developed for the MRS proposal to Congress due in mid-1985. A description of the open field drywell storage facility concept is presented with the operations required to handle the spent fuel or high-level wastes and transuranic wastes. A generic Receiving and Handling Facility, provided by PNL, has been used for this study. Modifications to the storage delivery side of the handling facility, necessary to couple the Receiving and Handling Facility with the storage facility, are described. The equipment and support facilities needed for the storage facility are also described. Two separate storage facilities are presented herein: one for all spent fuel storage, and one for storage of high-level waste (HLW) and transuranic waste (TRU). Each facility is described for the capacities and rates defined by PNL in the Concept Technical Performance Criteria and Base Assumptions. Estimates of costs and time-distributions of expenditures have been developed to construct, operate, and decommission the conceptual MRS facilities in mid 1983 dollars, for the base cases given using the cost categories and percentages provided by PNL. 3 references, 17 figures, 16 tables.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA). Waste Technology Services Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 7148195
• Report Number(s): WTSD-TME-011; ON: DE84010841
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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RADIOACTIVE WASTES
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