The Cost of High-level Waste Disposal in Geological Repositories: An Analysis of Factors Affecting Cost EstimatesNuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1993 - Business & Economics - 147 pages |
Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 9 |
List of Figures | 14 |
SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | 15 |
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alpha-bearing waste assumed bentonite Boom clay boreholes burnup CANDU capacity cent clay closure considered construction and operation contingencies corresponding cost calculations decommissioning depth direct disposal discounting disposal concept disposal containers disposal facility disposal of spent disposal strategy disposal system drifts electricity emplacement encapsulation facility factors Figure final disposal final repository fuel assemblies fuel or reprocessing funds galleries geological disposal geological medium Gorleben granite heat high-level vitrified waste high-level waste host rock IAEA Magnox normalized Nuclear Energy Agency nuclear fuel cycle nuclear power plants OECD operating period overpack packaging and disposal packaging facility radioactive waste reactor repository design reprocessing plant reprocessing waste salt scenario shafts shielding spent fuel management spent nuclear fuel surface facilities Table technical temperature tonne of uranium total cost transport casks underground facilities volume waste containers waste disposal waste from reprocessing waste management waste packages waste types