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Radioactive wastes and the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
Author | R.Alvarez, Institute for Policy Studies |
6-03-2-30-04.pdf | |
Date | April 2007 |
Classification | 6.03.2.30/04 (PROLIFERATION - MULTINATIONAL APPROACHES (GNEP / FUEL BANK / GNPI)) |
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Radioactive Wastes and the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Radioactive Wastes and the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Institute for Policy Studies In collaboration with Friends of the Earth USA and the Government Accountability Project For more info contact: Robert Alvarez 1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202 234 9382 | Fax: 202 387 7915 kitbob@erols.com | www.ips-dc.org Table of Contents 2 Abstract 3 I Executive Summary 5 II Introduction 6 III “Once Through” and “Closed” Nuclear Fuel Cycles 8 IV Nuclear Waste Disposal Problems 9 V Defense High-Level Wastes 12 VI Storage and Reprocessing 13 VII Radioactive Wastes from Reprocessing 18 VIII Costs 21 Endnotes Table of Contents 4 Figure 1 GNEP Surface Disposal Plan 6 Figure 2 PUREX Process 8 Figure 3 Historical and Projected Spent Fuel Discharges 9 Figure 4 Radioactivity in DOE High-Level Wastes 11 Figure 5 Actual vs. Expected Radioactivity in SRS HLW Canisters 14 Figure 6 UREX+1 Process 13 Table 1 PUREX Waste Streams 14 Table 2 UREX+ Waste Streams 19 Table 3 Estimated Radioactivity in Spent Nuclear Fuel Abstract T he U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Global cesium-135 that could be disposed under GNEP Nuclear Energy Partnersh