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.

TABLE 7.5.2 Comparison <strong>of</strong> Relative Resource Commitments for the Program Alternatives Using the Once-Through Fuel Cycle(a)<br />

Case Nuclear Power Growth Assumption Steel, MT Cement, MT Diesel, m 3 Gasoline m 3 Propane, m 3 Electricity, kWh Man-Power, man-yr<br />

Proposed Program<br />

1 Present Inventory Only .02 to .05 .01 to .02 .03 to .04 .02 to .03 .02 to .03 .03 .03 to .04<br />

2 Present Capacity with Normal<br />

Life .29 to .77 .43 to 1.5 .18 to .26 .03 to .07 .28 to .69 .18 to .26 .26 to .48<br />

3 250 GWe by Year 2000 with<br />

Normal Life .97 to 3.3 .96 to 5.7 .88 to 1.2 .95 to 2.7 1.0 to 2.7 .89 to 1.2 .97 to 2.0<br />

4 250 GWe by Year 2000 and Steady<br />

State to 2040 2.1 to 3.0 3.3 to 3.4 1.2 to 1.4 2.0 to 2.2 2.1 to 2.2 1.2 to 1.5 1.7 to 1.9<br />

5 500 GWe System by Year 2040 2.5 to 3.7 3.6 1.6 to 1.9 2.3 to 2.5 2.5 to 2.6 1.6 to 2.0 2.2 to 2.4<br />

Alternative Program<br />

1 Present Inventory Only .02 to .03 .008 to .02 .03 to .04 .02 to .03 .02 to .03 .02 to .03 .02 to .03<br />

2 Present Capacity with Normal<br />

Life .70 to .90 1.5 to 1.8 .20 to .26 .06 to .76 .62 to .80 .20 to .28 .42 to .55<br />

3 250 GWe by Year 2000 with<br />

Normal Life 2.9 to 4.3 5.7 to 8.9 .94 to 1.3 2.4 to 3.7 2.5 to 3.9 1.0 to 1.3 1.9 to 2.7<br />

4 250 GWe by Year 2000 and Steady<br />

State to 2040 4.0 to 4..7 8.6 1.4 to 1.7 3.7 to 3.8 3.8 to 4.1 1.3 to 1.6 2.7 to 3.0<br />

5 500 GWe System by Year 2040 5.3 to 6.0 11.1 1.8 to 2.3 4.6 to 4.9 4.8 to 5.2 1.8 to 2.3 3.5 to 3.8<br />

No-Action Alternative<br />

1 Present Inventory Only 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />

2 Present Capacity with Normal<br />

Life .70 1.8 .07 .59 .64 .09 .36<br />

3 250 GWe by Year 2000 with<br />

Normal Life 3.7 9.3 .04 3.2 3.4 .46 1.9<br />

(a) Case 3 with a 1990 repository in salt was used as the reference for these ratios.

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

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!