Summary of the Potential Impacts of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options on the Permanent Disposal of Spent Fuel in the U.S
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Publications
Safety Case for Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste
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Prospects for Permanent Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the US
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Technical Factors Impacting Optimisation of Radioactive Waste Management
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Past Repository Siting Process
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Evaluating Compliance with Long-Term Regulatory Standards
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Status of the U.S. R&D Program on Deep Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste
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Considerations for Spent Fuel Management for the Once-Through Cycle in the U.S
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Progress in Deep Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment in the U.S. since 2010
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Spent Fuel and Waste Science and Technology Overview
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Impacts of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Choices on Permanent Disposal of High-Activity Radioactive Wastes
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Impacts of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Choices on Permanent Disposal of High-Activity Radioactive Wastes
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Overview of the Spent FUel nad Waste Science and Technology R&D Campaign
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Re-evaluation of U.S. DOE R&D efforts for generic deep geologic repositories - Roadmap update
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019, IHLRWM 2019
R&D addressing the disposal of commercial spent nuclear fuel in the U.S. is currently generic (i.e., “non-site-specific”) in scope. However, to prepare for the eventuality of a repository siting process, the former Used Fuel Disposition (UFD) Campaign of the Nuclear Energy (NE) Office of the U.S. DOE formulated an R&D Roadmap in 2012 outlining generic R&D activities and their priorities appropriate for developing safety cases and associated performance assessment (PA) models for deep geologic repositories in several potential host-rock environments in the contiguous United States. This 2012 UFD Roadmap identified the importance of re-evaluating priorities in future years as knowledge is gained from the DOE's ongoing R&D activities. Since 2012, significant knowledge has been gained from these activities through R&D in the U.S. and via international collaborations, especially with countries that operate underground research laboratories (URLs). The 2019 R&D Roadmap Update, introduced here, summarizes the progress of ongoing R&D activities, re-assesses R&D priorities, and identifies new activities of high priority, such as R&D on disposal of DPCs (dual purpose canisters), which now contain a significant fraction of the Nation's spent fuel activity.
Current Status of Spent Nuclear Fuel Management in the U.S
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Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage R&D at Sandia National Laboratories
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Nuclear Waste Management Programs at Sandia National Laboratories
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Update on R&D for Disposal of Dual Purpose Canisters - Poster
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Update on R&D for Disposal of Dual Purpose Canisters
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Observations on the US R&D Program for Deep Geologic Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste
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Integration of the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: System Analyses
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Current Status of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste Management int eh United States
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Discussion of the Yucca Mountain Project &DOE Spent Fuel Disposition
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Storage Transportation and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in the US
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The Need for Integrating the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in the United States of America
MRS Advances
Current practice for commercial spent nuclear fuel management in the United States of America (US) includes storage of spent fuel in both pools and dry storage cask systems at nuclear power plants. Most storage pools are filled to their operational capacity, and management of the approximately 2,200 metric tons of spent fuel newly discharged each year requires transferring older and cooler fuel from pools into dry storage. In the absence of a repository that can accept spent fuel for permanent disposal, projections indicate that the US will have approximately 134,000 metric tons of spent fuel in dry storage by mid-century when the last plants in the current reactor fleet are decommissioned. Current designs for storage systems rely on large dual-purpose (storage and transportation) canisters that are not optimized for disposal. Various options exist in the US for improving integration of management practices across the entire back end of the nuclear fuel cycle.
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