Comparison of selected foreign plans and practices for spent fuel and high-level waste management
This report describes the major parameters for management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes in selected foreign countries as of December 1989 and compares them with those in the United States. The foreign countries included in this study are Belgium, Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. All the countries are planning for disposal of spent fuel and/or high-level wastes in deep geologic repositories. Most countries (except Canada and Sweden) plan to reprocess their spent fuel and vitrify the resultant high-level liquid wastes; in comparison, the US plans direct disposal of spent fuel. The US is planning to use a container for spent fuel as the primary engineered barrier. The US has the most developed repository concept and has one of the earliest scheduled repository startup dates. The repository environment presently being considered in the US is unique, being located in tuff above the water table. The US also has the most prescriptive regulations and performance requirements for the repository system and its components. 135 refs., 8 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 137749
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-7293; ON: DE90010377; TRN: 90:026974
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Apr 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SPENT FUELS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
USA
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
CANADA
FRANCE
BELGIUM
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
VITRIFICATION
REPROCESSING
SPENT FUEL CASKS
PLANNING
START-UP
TUFF
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
REGULATIONS
WASTE TRANSPORTATION
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