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containers are given in Table 4.7.6. These resource commitments are small in comparison
with those of the FRP and MOX-FFP production facilities and in an absolute sense are not
expected to have a significant impact on available supplies of these materials or energy
sources. Energy and materials required for decommissioning do not add significantly to
the quantities of resources required for construction.
4.7.2.2 Nonradiological Effluents of Reprocessing Fuel Cycle Waste Management
Nonradioactive pollutants released to the atmosphere during construction of the FRP and
MOX-FFP waste management facilities and the RWSF result from the combustion of fuel in con-
struction vehicles and machinery, fugitive dust from ground-clearing operations, and parti-
culates from concrete batch operations.
Offsite concentrations of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and particulates resulting
from construction force traffic and construction equipment emissions are projected to be
less than Federal ambient air quality standards. (Onsite concentrations of particulates at
the FRP and MOX-FFP construction sites were found to exceed the air quality standards; this
will occur primarily as a result of construction of FRP and MOX-FFP production facilities
and is a normal situation at sites of heavy construction.) Evaluation of sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxide emissions indicates no significant effects.
The release of about 1 x 109 MJ of waste heat per year from the example FRP waste man-
agement facilities is comparable to the release of heat from a small city or town
(30,000 persons) and is not expected to produce any significant effect on the environment.
Predicted concentrations of pollutants in air from waste management operations will be
a small fraction of Federal air quality standards, threshold limit value concentrations
TABLE 4.7.6. Resource Commitments for Construction and Use of Waste Shipping Containers
Material Used in
Construction, MT/cask Diesel Fuel Used per
Shipping Container Example Capacity Stainless Steel Lead Shipment, m /km
High-level waste Solidified HLW 25 75 0.0020
cask from 27 MTHM
Fuel residue cask 3 fuel residue 16 49 0.0013
canisters (residue
from 12 MTHM)
6-drum cask Six 55-gal drums 4 15
14-drum cask Fourteen 55-gal 5 14
drums
Shielded overpack Thirty-six 55-gal 7 12
drums
Unshielded overpack Thirty-six 55-gal 7 0 0.0010
drums (or equivalent
volume of
boxes)