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A.101<br />

TABLE A.8.2. Cost Estimates for Treatment <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> from Uranium and Plutonium Recycle<br />

Activity<br />

Total<br />

Capital Cost<br />

$106<br />

Annual Operation<br />

and Maintenance<br />

$106/yr<br />

Levelized<br />

Unit Cos<br />

a )<br />

$/kg HM<br />

5-Yr High-Level Liquid <strong>Waste</strong> Storage 282 6.6 42.00 + 30%<br />

High-Level Liquid <strong>Waste</strong> Solidification<br />

* Calcination 76 6.8 13.00 + 35%<br />

* Vitrification 55 7.1 10.40 + 35%<br />

Fuel Residue Packaging<br />

* Packaging Without Compaction 17 4.8 4.90 + 25%<br />

* Mechanical Compaction, 20 3.5 4.60 + 30%<br />

* Melting 27 3.2 5.20 + 35%<br />

Failed Equipment and Non-Combustible<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Packaging<br />

* At Reprocessing Plant 27 1.6 4.20 + 55%<br />

* At MOX Fuel Fabrication Plant 3.7 0.4 0.60 + 55%<br />

Combustible and Compactable <strong>Waste</strong> Treatment<br />

* At Reprocessing Plant<br />

- Incineration 16.9 1.6 3.40 + 35%<br />

- Package Only 18.1 0.8 2.30 + 35%<br />

* At MOX Fuel Fabrication Plant<br />

- Incineration 6.4 0.3 1.00 + 35%<br />

- Package Only 2.9 0.1 0.40 + 35%<br />

Degraded Solvent Treatment 8 0.1 1.40 + 40%<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Imnobilization<br />

o At Reprocessing Plant<br />

- In Bitumen 16 0.6 2.30 + 35%<br />

- In Cement 16 0.7 2.30 + 35%<br />

* At MOX Fuel Fabrication Plant<br />

- In Bitumen 14 0.3 1.40 + 35%<br />

- In Cement 13.5 0.3 1.40 + 35%<br />

Off-Gas Treatment<br />

0 Iodine Recovery 12.8 0.8 2.00 + 40%<br />

o Carbon Recovery (w/o krypton recovery) 8.2 0.1 1.20 + 40%<br />

* Krypton Recovery (w/o carbon recovery) 25.8 1.3 4.00 + 40%<br />

* Combined Iodine, Carbon and<br />

Krypton Recovery 39.8 2.2 6.10 + 40%<br />

* Vessel Off-Gas Treatment 26.7 2.6 3.90 + 35%<br />

Off-Gas Filtration at Reprocessing Plant<br />

* Prefilters and HEPA Filters 11.7 0.6 1.80 + 35%<br />

* Sand Filter and HEPA Filters 28.1 0.6 3.80 + 40%<br />

* Deep-Bed Glass Filter and HEPA Filters 12.8 0.6 2.50 + 40%<br />

(a) Costs may be expressed in $/GW-yr by multiplying by 38,000 kgHM/GW-yr

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