Evaluation of Storage/Transportation Options to Support Criteria Development for the Phase I MRS

Sorenson, K. B.; Brown, N. N.; Bennett, P. C.; Lake, W.; ,

Evaluation of Storage/Transportation Options to Support Criteria Development for the Phase I MRS

by K. B. Sorenson, Sandia Natl Lab, Albuquerque, United States,
N. N. Brown, Sandia Natl Lab, Albuquerque, United States,
P. C. Bennett, Sandia Natl Lab, Albuquerque, United States,
W. Lake, Sandia Natl Lab, Albuquerque, United States,

Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: High Level Radioactive Waste Management 1991

Abstract:

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Civilian Waste Management (OCRWM) plans to develop an interim storage facility to enable acceptance of spent fuel in 1998. It is estimated that this interim storage facility would be needed for about two years. A Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) facility is anticipated in 2000 and a repository in 2010. Acceptance and transport of spent fuel by DOE/OCRWM in 1988 will require an operating transportation system. Because this interim storage facility is not yet defined, development of an optimally compatible transportation system is not a certainty. In order to assure a transport capability for 1998 acceptance of spent fuel, it was decided that the OCRWM transportation program had to identify likely options for an interim storage facility, including identification of the components needed for compatibility between likely interim storage facility options and transportation. Primary attention was given to existing hardware, although conceptual designs were also considered. A systems-based probabilistic decision model was suggested by Sandia National Laboratories and accepted by DOE/OCRWM's transportation program. Performance of the evaluation task involved several elements of the transportation program. This paper describes the decision model developed to accomplish this task, along with some of the results and conclusions.

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