Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing Synopsis of a Symposium (1992) / Chapter Skim
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Each 1,000megawatt electrical nuclear power plant produces about 30 metric tons of spent fuel each year. In 1990 spent fuel temporarily stored at ground level in pools or dry casks at the 111 nuclear power plant sites in the United States constituted about 21,500 metric tons of heavy metal (MTHM)
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The release limits set forth in Subpart B were established based on generic analyses of the possible performance of hypothetical repositories. EPA's analyses suggest that such a level of performance would ensure that the risk to future generations does not exceed that of a corresponding amount of unmined uranium ore.
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One requirement specifies the maximum allowable annual radiation doses to individual members of the public. Other requirements pertinent to groundwater set dose limits for 1,000 years for any nearby irreplaceable sources of drinking water that supply communities (i.e., thousands of persons)
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over which the waste package must provide substantial containment, the maximum release rate (1/100,000 or 0.001 percent of the yearly inventory of each radionuclide after the first 1,000 years of radioactive decay) , and the minimum groundwater travel time (1,000 years to the accessible environment)
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