TY - GEN
T1 - Room at the mountain
T2 - Fourteenth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2006, ICONE 14
AU - Kessler, John H.
AU - Apted, Michael J.
AU - Wei, Zhou
AU - Kemeny, John
AU - King, Fraser
AU - Ross, Alan M.
AU - Ross, Benjamen
AU - Schwartz, Franklin W.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to present an initial analysis of the maximum amount of commercial spent nuclear fuel (CSNF) that could be emplaced into a geological repository at Yucca Mountain. This analysis identifies and uses programmatic, material, and geological constraints and factors that affect this estimation of maximum amount of CSNF for disposal. The conclusion of this initial analysis is that the current legislative limit on Yucca Mountain disposal capacity, 63,000 MTHM of CSNF, is a small fraction of the available physical capacity of the Yucca Mountain system assuming the current high-temperature operating mode (HTOM) design. EPRI is confident that at least four times the legislative limit for CSNF (-260,000 MTHM) can be emplaced in the Yucca Mountain system. It is possible that with additional site characterization, upwards of nine times the legislative limit (-570,000 MTHM) could be emplaced.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to present an initial analysis of the maximum amount of commercial spent nuclear fuel (CSNF) that could be emplaced into a geological repository at Yucca Mountain. This analysis identifies and uses programmatic, material, and geological constraints and factors that affect this estimation of maximum amount of CSNF for disposal. The conclusion of this initial analysis is that the current legislative limit on Yucca Mountain disposal capacity, 63,000 MTHM of CSNF, is a small fraction of the available physical capacity of the Yucca Mountain system assuming the current high-temperature operating mode (HTOM) design. EPRI is confident that at least four times the legislative limit for CSNF (-260,000 MTHM) can be emplaced in the Yucca Mountain system. It is possible that with additional site characterization, upwards of nine times the legislative limit (-570,000 MTHM) could be emplaced.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33845772760
SN - 0791837831
SN - 9780791837832
T3 - International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE
BT - Fourteenth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2006, ICONE 14
Y2 - 17 July 2006 through 20 July 2006
ER -