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5.99<br />

The disposal costs given in Table 5.6.1 apply for all cases in which spent fuel<br />

disposal requirements are at least equivalent to 48,000 MTHM. For the case in which<br />

disposal requirements are limited to the 1980 inventory <strong>of</strong> spent fuel (about 10,000 MTHM),<br />

unit repository costs would be approximately:<br />

$/kgHM<br />

Salt 90<br />

Granite 100<br />

Shale 90<br />

Basalt 110<br />

The total costs <strong>of</strong> waste management including disposal are presented and compared to<br />

the total cost <strong>of</strong> electric power production in Section 7.6.

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