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Specialized Disposal Sites for Different Reprocessing Plant Wastes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2011

Charles W. Forsberg  and
Michael J. Driscoll
Charles W. Forsberg
Affiliation:
forsbergcw@ornl.gov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nuclear Science and Technology Division, P. O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6165, United States, 865-574-6783
Michael J. Driscoll
Affiliation:
mickeyd@mit.edu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
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Abstract

Once-through fuel cycles directly dispose of one primary waste form: spent nuclear fuel (SNF). In contrast, the reprocessed SNF yields multiple waste streams with different chemical, physical, and radionuclide characteristics. These different characteristics of each waste stream imply that there are potential cost and performance benefits to developing different disposal sites that best match the disposal requirements of each waste stream. Disposal sites as defined herein may be located in different geologies or in a single repository containing multiple sections, each with different design characteristics. The paper describes the results of a series of studies on disposal options for specific wastes and the potential for a waste management system that better couples various reprocessing plant wastes with disposal facilities.

Keywords

waste managementactinideCs
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 985: Symposium NN – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXX , 2006 , 0985-NN13-11
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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