The Disposition Dilemma Controlling the Release of Solid Materials from Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Licensed Facilities (2002) / Chapter Skim
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4 Pathways and Estimated Costs for Disposition of Slightly Radioactive Material
4 Pathways and Estimated Costs for Disposition of Slightly Radioactive Material
Pages 72-79
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The posttreatment stream is sorted into three streams: LLRW disposal, conditionally cleared material, and cleared material. Conditionally cleared material may be released for controlled reuse or disposal in a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
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to handle selected materials arising from their facility operations or decommissioning activities. Thus, an initial decision the waste generator makes is whether to handle its tin addition to municipal solid waste landfills (MSWLF)
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· Is suitable storage capability available either on-site or at a licensed waste broker's site? Does the waste owner have the long-term financial stability to ensure safe and proper storage of the radioactive materials and future disposition of the residual material at the end of the storage period?
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The disposal costs for special items such as reactor pressure vessels or steam generators are often negotiated privately between the waste owner and the disposal facility. In addition, many waste generators now use waste brokers to process and dispose of their wastes.
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The Chem Nuclear facility in Barnwell, South Carolina, currently takes LLRW from all other states, except North Carolina, although waste receipts at Barnwell will be further limited in the future. The South Carolina state Budget and Control Board has reported, "As you are probably aware, a South Carolina state law passed last year limits the annual volume of waste that can be accepted at the Barnwell site through our fiscal year 2008, which ends June 30, 2008.
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To estimate the costs of LLRW disposal of metal at the US Ecology and Barnwell disposal facilities, the study committee applied the average costs for disposal at those sites to the inventory of net metallic SRSM (excluding concrete) for the population of U.S.
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~. In the absence of direct information, the committee has therefore estimated costs for disposing of concrete from power reactors by using the publicly available contract rate for debris (including concrete)
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Disposal of all slightly radioactive solid materials arising from decommissioning the population of U.S. power reactors into low-level radioactive waste disposal sites would be expensive (about $4.5 billion to $11.7 billion)
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