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from plutonium recycle as compared with U0 2 -enriched uranium only fuel. c.2 p. 2.1.22
As averaged over the entire time span to the year 2040, the MOX to 2 The assumption that spent fuel will be stored after packaging rather than
fuel ratio we calculate is 60/40. Please provide your basis for this
el ate.
prior to packaging while awaiting shipment to a respository should be
justified. Economics may dictate this procedure and it should be based on
estimate a cost effectiveness analysis.
2.b.8 p. A.49
Table A.43, presents the inventories of spent fuel in storage and isolation
for the delayed repository availability. By taking the difference between
the entries for succeeding years, one should be able to determine the
tonnage of spent fuel that is discharged for each year, and from that, the
total number of canisters discharged for each year. The following results
2.c.3
2.
2.c.4
pp. 2.1, 2.2
pp. 2,
The NRC Final EIS on spent fuel storage, NUREG-0575, should be cited. The
NRC Draft GEIS on Uranium Milling, NUREG-0511, April 1979, has been issued
or comment.
p. 3.1.184
were obtained: On page 3.1.184, the following statement is made: "During planned operation
Year MTHM Canisters* of the ESFSF (dry caisson option) no releases of radioactivity would
1983 1669 5,619 occur." Provide support for this statement.
1985 2979 10,030
1986 1960 6,599 2.c.5 It appears that all of the below terms refer to the same facility. Terms
1987 2950 9,932
1988 3430 11,548 should be used consistently throughout to avoid confusion and to facilitate
comparisons.
*Using 0.297 M M per Table 2.1.8
CAN packaged spent fuel storage facility (p. 2.1.22)
Explain the erratic discharge rates.
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storage (p. 2.1.22)
offsite storage facilities (p. 2.1.22)
Detailed information on the nuclear growth scenario assumed should be extended storage facility (p. 2.1.25)
provided, including; numbers and types of reactors that come on line
storage facility (p. 2.1.25)
each year; and the annual waste streams from the plants, including
(ESFSF) Extended Spent Fuel Storage Facilities (p. 3.1.181)
spent fuel, and low-level waste (volume and activity).
dry caisson storage facility (p. 2.1.184)
SURF (p. 3.1.184), (p. 3.1.186)
c. Waste Storage and Treatment
2.c.6 The basis for assuming that two Independent Retrievable Waste Storage
2.c.1 p. 1 Facilities would be needed to serve the needs of the reprocessing industry
The GEIS should include interim storage facilities in the general if repositories are available beginning in the year 2000 should be given.
description of the fuel cycle since it is apparent from the discussions in In particular, if economics is the basis, i.e., facility versus transportation
the statement that these facilities will be built,
costs, such a discussion would assist in any cost/benefit analysis.