MRS (monitored retrievable storage) Systems Study Task 1 report: Waste management system reliability analysis
This is one of nine studies undertaken by contractors to the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), to provide a technical basis for re-evaluating the role of a monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility. The study evaluates the relative reliabilities of systems with and without an MRS facility using current facility design bases. The principal finding of this report is that the MRS system has several operational advantages that enhance system reliability. These are: (1) the MRS system is likely to encounter fewer technical issues, (2) the MRS would assure adequate system surface storage capacity to accommodate repository construction and startup delays of up to five years or longer if the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (NWPAA) were amended, (3) the system with an MRS has two federal acceptance facilities with parallel transportation routing and surface storage capacity, and (4) the MRS system would allow continued waste acceptance for up to a year after a major disruption of emplacement operations at the repository.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 6224634
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-6875; ON: DE89011200; TRN: 89-012300
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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MONITORED RETRIEVABLE STORAGE
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EMERGENCY PLANS
FLOWSHEETS
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SPENT FUEL CASKS
SPENT FUELS
TASK SCHEDULING
CASKS
DATA PROCESSING
DIAGRAMS
ENERGY SOURCES
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NUCLEAR FUELS
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SPENT FUEL STORAGE
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