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xxvi<br />

VOLUME 1<br />

TABLES<br />

1.1.1 Total Spent Fuel Disposal or Reprocessing Requirements . . . . . 1.3<br />

1.3.1 Number <strong>of</strong> 800 Hectare Example Repositories Required for<br />

Various Nuclear Power Growth Assumptions .. 1.9<br />

1.3.2 Resource Commitments Associated with Construction and Operation<br />

<strong>of</strong> Geologic <strong>Waste</strong> Repositories, Normalized to 1 GWe-yr . . . . . 1.11<br />

1.3.3 Manpower Requirements for Construction and Operation <strong>of</strong> a Single<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Repository (three peak years) . . . . . . . . . 1.12<br />

1.6.1 Summary <strong>of</strong> Radiation Effects from Potential Worst-Case<br />

Predisposal System Accidents . . . . . . . . . . 1.23<br />

1.7.1 Repository Startup Dates Considered in the Once-Through-Cycle<br />

System Simulations . 1.25<br />

1.7.2 Reprocessing and Repository Startup Date Combinations<br />

Considered in the Reprocessing-Cycle System Simulations . . . . . 1.25<br />

1.7.3 Comparison <strong>of</strong> 70-Year Whole-Body Dose Accumulations from Normal Operations<br />

for the Program Alternatives Using the Once-Through<br />

Cycle, man-rem . . . . . . . . . . 1.26<br />

1.7.4 Comparison <strong>of</strong> 70-Year Whole-Body Dose Accumulations from Normal<br />

Operations for the Program Alternatives Using the Reprocessing<br />

Cycle, man-rem<br />

1.7.5 Comparison <strong>of</strong> Health Effects for the Program Alternatives<br />

Using the Once-Through Cycle .. 1.28<br />

1.7.6 Comparison <strong>of</strong> Health Effects for the Program Alternatives<br />

Using the Reprocessing Cycle<br />

1.27<br />

. 1.28<br />

1.7.7 Comparison <strong>of</strong> Levelized <strong>Waste</strong>-<strong>Management</strong> Unit Costs for the Program<br />

Alternatives at a 7% Discount Rate, t/kWh . .. 1.30<br />

3.1.1 Potential Ability <strong>of</strong> Technology to Handle <strong>Waste</strong> Type . . . . . 3.2<br />

3.2.1 Nuclear Power Capacity Assumptions, GWe . . . . . . . . 3.12<br />

3.3.1 Summary <strong>of</strong> Average Whole-Body Dose-Equivalent Rates<br />

from Naturally Occurring Radiation, mrem/yr<br />

. 3.29<br />

3.3.2 Nominal Whole-Body Dose Equivalents from Naturally<br />

Occurring Radiation . . 3.30<br />

3.3.3 Health Effects Calculated for 70-yr Accumulated Dose from<br />

Naturally Occurring <strong>Radioactive</strong> Sources . . 3.30<br />

3.4.1 The Relative Toxicity (Hazard) <strong>of</strong> Various Ores Compared<br />

to U Ore (0.2%)<br />

. 3.37<br />

3.4.2 Potential Disruptive Phenomena for <strong>Waste</strong> Isolation Repositories . . . 3.40<br />

4.1.1 Predisposal Operations and Alternatives for Once-Through Cycle<br />

Disposal Options<br />

. 4.3

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