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PAPERBACK list:$35.50 Web:$31.95 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Going the Distance? The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report Other Related Titles Research Needs for High-Level Waste Stored in Tanks and Bins at U.S. Department of Energy Sites: Environmental Management Science Program (2001) Board on Radioactive Waste Management (BRWM) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 114   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More Page 114 Front Matter (R1-R12) Executive Summary (1-6) 1. Introduction (7-12) 2. Overview of HLW Challenges at DOE Sites (13-27) 3. Characterization (28-36) 4. Retrieval and Pretreatment (37-47) 5. Immobilization (48-64) 6. Tank Closure and Other Long-Term Issues (65-76) 7. EMSP Research Portfolio: Technological Risk and Desired Attributes (77-82) 8. Summary (83-86) References (87-94) Appendix A: Interim Report (95-107) Appendix B: Analysis of the EMSP Research Portfolio (108-113) Appendix C: Spent Nuclear Fuel Issues (114-114) Appendix D: EMSP Overview and HLW Research Program (115-119) Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (120-123) Appendix F: List of Presentations (124-125) Appendix G: Glossary (126-132) Appendix H: List of Acronyms (133-134)

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Appendix C ·eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Spent Nuclear Fuel issues The DOE spent nuclear fuel includes both irradiated and unirradi- ated fuel from various reactors and experiments (including fuel from the Fast Flux Test Facility reactor), test reactor fuel, Navy fuel, and even damaged core debris from the Three Mile Island Unit 2 accident. This study does not consider research needs relating to the disposition of spent nuclear fuel, although DOE has ownership of substantial amounts with widely varying characteristics and integrity. These fuels are stored at H anford, Savan nah River Site, and I N EE L. A large fraction of DOE's fuel inventory consists of the 2,200 metric tons of zirconium-clad uranium metal fuel in the two Hanford K-Basins. Nearly half of this fuel is damaged, some to the point of fine scrap and sludge. There is an on-going program to collect most of this material in multi-canister overpacks. The material is then dried and rendered inert prior to its disposal in the geological repository. However, several tons of finely divided particulates are slated to be dissolved, added to the HEW tanks at Hanford, and co-disposed with the HEW. H ~ G H - L E V E E W A S T E 114

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