Under the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste (10 CFR 961), the Department of Energy (DOE) will accept spent fuel for disposal from current owners. Current projections (DOE 1989a) suggest 2010 as the earliest date for the availability of a geologic repository for the disposal of spent fuel. In addition, DOE (1989a) suggests that a monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility with full hot cell capabilities could not be in full service until 2000. As a result, there is a period of about two years wherein DOE is expected to receive and store spent fuel, but during …
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Under the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste (10 CFR 961), the Department of Energy (DOE) will accept spent fuel for disposal from current owners. Current projections (DOE 1989a) suggest 2010 as the earliest date for the availability of a geologic repository for the disposal of spent fuel. In addition, DOE (1989a) suggests that a monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility with full hot cell capabilities could not be in full service until 2000. As a result, there is a period of about two years wherein DOE is expected to receive and store spent fuel, but during which none of the proposed Federal Waste Management System (FWMS) facilities would be fully functional. During early 1990, a study was initiated to identify, describe, and provide a preliminary evaluation of some short-term alternatives that would permit DOE to accept and store spent fuel during this period. This paper summarizes some key results of this study. 4 refs., 1 fig., 4 tabs.
Spectrum '90: American Nuclear Society (ANS) international meeting on radioactive waste technologies, decontamination, and hazardous wastes, Knoxville, TN (USA), 30 Sep - 4 Oct 1990
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Wood, T. W.; Smith, R. I.; Johnson, E. R. & McLeod, N. B.Some alternatives for DOE acceptance and storage of spent fuel in 1998 and 1999,
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