23.04.2013 Views

Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste - U.S. ...

Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste - U.S. ...

Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste - U.S. ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

6.99<br />

TABLE 6.1.18. Operating Costs For Ice Sheet Disposal<br />

(Millions <strong>of</strong> 1978 Dollars/Year)<br />

Emplacement Concept Meltdown or Anchored Surface Storage<br />

Emplacement Method Surface Aerial Surface<br />

Cost Category:<br />

Operating Personnel(a) 34 29 39<br />

Material & Consumables(b) 58 29 58<br />

Services & Overhead(c) 68 58 78<br />

Capital Recovery(d) 175 141 224<br />

Total 335 257 399<br />

(a) Based on $50,000/man-year.<br />

(b) Including $29 million/yr and $5 million/yr port upkeep for<br />

surface and aerial emplacement, respectively.<br />

(c) Based on twice the operating personnel costs.<br />

(d) Based on 10 percent <strong>of</strong> capital expenditures (not including<br />

research and development costs). Encapsulation costs not<br />

included.<br />

placed and the equipment needed for retrieval would also make any risk <strong>of</strong> diversion primari-<br />

ly a short-term concern. Only minimum safeguards would be required after emplacement. Physical<br />

protection <strong>of</strong> the sensitive facilities and transportation operations would be the most<br />

effective way to deny access to the waste for the short term, as is common to most waste dis-<br />

posal alternatives. See Section 4.10 for additional discussion <strong>of</strong> predisposal operation<br />

safeguard requirements.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!