Mission Analysis for MRS

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Mission Analysis for MRS

• Customers
• Nuclear Industry
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Department of Energy
• States
• Tribes
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Contractors
• Congress

Interest Transfer Waste/Eliminate
Liability License Facility, ensure safety Receive
Store waste, Operate Pay for
MRS Transportation, siting, NIMBY Potential sites
and make money Environmental Safety Design,
Build, Operate, Make Money Ensure action, prevent
fraud
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System View
Geography
Regulations and Laws
from Utilities
Customers
SNF
SNF
Store SNF
HLW Repository
Top-level Requirements Start in 7 years Store
lt15,000 m3Anywhere but Nevada
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Mission Statement

• Build a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility
  capable of storing up to 15,000 MTIHM of
  high-level radioactive waste or Spent Nuclear
  Fuel until the National High-level Waste
  Repository begins to accept wastes for disposal.
  The facility must be ready to receive waste in 7
  y and be licensed by the NRC.
• Currently, the 107 light water power reactors in
  31 states in the United States have generated
  approximately 40,000 metric tons of spent fuel.
  Some of these reactors are in permanent stand by.
  Congress and the NRC are concerned for the
  safety of this scattered storage of an extremely
  hazardous waste. The utilities have already paid
  for the disposal of this waste by the DOE.
• The facility will be paid for by the DOE from
  funds in the Nuclear Waste Fund. DOE will be
  responsible for the design, construction, and
  operation of the facility. Wastes will be
  received, stored, monitored and finally
  transferred to the high-level waste repository.
  It can not be located in the State of Nevada, the
  most probable site of the high-level waste
  repository. Wastes may be received from nuclear
  power utilities or the Department of Energy.

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Mission Plan

• Add a plan to the Mission Statement, include
  Slides 1 and 2 plus description.
• Congress will appoint a Nuclear Waste Negotiator
  who will be given 18 months in which to locate a
  site for the MRS. The Negotiator will contact
  Indian Tribes and State Governments that may be
  interested in being Host Sites. In return for
  being a Host, Congress will monetarily reimburse
  the Tribe or State in addition to the economic
  incentive of a facility estimate to cost upwards
  of 3 Billion dollars.
• The Nuclear Waste Negotiator will, in conjunction
  with the Host State or Tribe and the DOE develop
  a conceptual design, an environmental assessment
  and, at the end of the 18 months report back to
  Congress. Prior conceptual designs are available
  which may shorten the time to produce a
  conceptual design.
• The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 is the
  primary authority for this action. The funding
  for the MRS has been collected under the Standard
  Waste Contract, 10 CFR 961. Details of the
  existing waste, location, quantity, ownership,
  and burnup may be found in the Integrated
  Database. requirements governing the design and
  operation of the facility are in 10 CFR 72. The
  status of the HLW repository may be found at
  www.ymp.gov.
• Design and construction will begin in 2004, and
  the facility will begin operation in 2009.