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TABLE 5.3.7. Contents <strong>of</strong> the Conceptual Reprocessing <strong>Waste</strong> Repositories When Full<br />

Salt Granite Shale Basalt<br />

Equival nt Equival nt Equivalent Equivalent<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Containers MTHM a ) Containers MTHM a<br />

Containers MTHM a)<br />

Containers MTHMa)<br />

HLW Canisters 25,800 62,200 48,000 69,000 36,000 30,500 63,000 56,000<br />

RH-TRU Canisters 26,900 29,100 15,100 24,700<br />

RH-TRU Drums 399,000 99,700 431,000 108,500 224,000 56,000 367,000 91,500<br />

CH-TRU Boxes 4,150 4,500 2,290 3,810<br />

CH-TRU Drums 264,000 286,000 144,000J 242,000<br />

Capacity if 71,200 78,600 41,100 73,800<br />

Equivalent<br />

Quantities <strong>of</strong><br />

HLW and TRU<br />

<strong>Waste</strong>s are<br />

Emplaced<br />

(a) For the conceptual repositories the relative quantities <strong>of</strong> HLW and TRU wastes are different because the HLW is held up for<br />

a 5-year cooling period allowing a disproportionate quantity <strong>of</strong> TRU waste emplacement. The third number shows the<br />

capacity when both waste types are emplaced at the same equivalent rates.

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