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denote waste transportation<br />

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ICE SHEET DISPOSAL<br />

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or<br />

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FuelConcept<br />

F<br />

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* Meltdown (Free Flow)<br />

Concept<br />

* Anchored Emplacement<br />

Concept<br />

* Surface Storage Facility<br />

Reactor<br />

Reactor<br />

Spent<br />

I<br />

F -<br />

Spent Fuel<br />

Assembly<br />

Concept<br />

(See Expansion Below)<br />

Fuel Packaging<br />

HLW from Fuel Reprocessing Facility<br />

or<br />

Spent Fuel Assemblies<br />

Facility<br />

FUEL CYCLE DIAGRAM - ICE SHEET DISPOSAL<br />

Return Failed Canisters<br />

for Repacking<br />

Place Canisters Transfer Canisters<br />

Package <strong>Waste</strong> from Load in Special Shipping in a Shielded Cell to Specially Designed<br />

P/E Facility in<br />

Ice Sheet Disposal Canister<br />

Cask and Transport<br />

to Embarkation Port<br />

Facility for Leak<br />

Checking and<br />

S Decontamination<br />

- Casks and Load<br />

Aboard Transport Ship<br />

Emplace Canister<br />

* Into predrilled holes<br />

Transport to Debarkation Inspect Casks and Transport Casks for meltdown concept<br />

Port (During Summer Months) Load onto Over-Ice to Disposal Site or for anchored concept<br />

Transport Vehicles<br />

* Into Cubicles for the<br />

Surface Storage Facility<br />

Concept<br />

* Predrill Holesnce<br />

Recycle Casks<br />

Back to the<br />

Embarkation Port<br />

or<br />

* Construct Surface Storage Facility<br />

PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM- ICE SHEET DISPOSAL<br />

FIGURE 6.1.15. <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> System--Ice Sheet Disposal

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