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<strong>Waste</strong> Sources Reactors Fuel Cycles <strong>Waste</strong> Mixes<br />

* Domestic civilian I L W R I U & Pu recycle cases High-level waste from Purex process<br />

* Domestic defense * Production, propulsion,<br />

and research<br />

* Once-through cycle (LWR) * Spent fuel assemblies or rods<br />

* Foreign<br />

* TRU wastes<br />

* LMFBR<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Form<br />

* Spent Fuel assemblies or rods<br />

* Borosilicate glass<br />

* HTGR<br />

* CANDU<br />

* Magnox<br />

* Pebble bed<br />

Transportation<br />

Over-Land Transport Sea Transport Over-Ice Transport<br />

* Metal Matrix Disposal Location<br />

Supe Caln |* R | | Tracked vehicles I<br />

SSuper Calcine Antarctica Ice Sheet<br />

SCoated ParticlesClassification<br />

* Refractory Compounds<br />

* Calcine<br />

* Others<br />

Ice Sheet Emplacement Concept<br />

SCoated Truck Particles * Aircraft * Aircraft * Greenland Ice Sheet<br />

* Ship/barge * Surface Effects Vehicles<br />

* Aircraft<br />

Note: Option Classification<br />

* Meltdown (Free Flow) Cr R ec<br />

*Current Reference I<br />

* Anchored Emplacement Primary Alternative<br />

* Surface Storage Facility * Secondary Alternative<br />

FIGURE 6.1.14. Major Options for Ice Sheet Disposal <strong>of</strong> Nuclear <strong>Waste</strong>

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