There were primarily two objectives of this study. The first was to develop estimates of the shipping cask fleet size that will be needed in the United States in the near future. These estimates were compared with current US spent fuel cask fleet size to determine its adequacy to provide the transportation services. The second objective was to develop estimates of the transportation costs associated with future movements of spent fuel. The results of this study were based on assumptions that were made prior to passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 which authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide Federal Interim Storage of spent fuel from commercial reactors. The Act requires that the DOE is responsible for transportation of the fuel, although private industry is to provide these services. This paper examined the impacts of various spent fuel management strategies on spent fuel transportation hardware requirements and transportation costs. Conclusions related to optimization of the spent fuel transportation system can be drawn from the results of this study. The conclusions can be affected by changing the given set of assumptions used in this analysis. 3 tables. (ERA citation 08:035265)
Shipping Cask Demand Associated with United States Government Storage of Commercial Spent Fuel
1983
26 pages
Report
No indication
English
Reactor Fuels & Fuel Processing , Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Radiation Shielding, Protection, & Safety , Spent Fuels , Road Transport , Rail Transport , Spent Fuel Casks , Spent Fuel Elements , Waste Transportation , Trucks , Availability , Cost , Data Compilation , ERDA/050900 , ERDA/051000
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