This document describes a possible design for the three fundamental parts of a repository: a surface facility, subsurface repository, and waste packaging.
This Reference Design Description explains the current design for a potential more » geologic repository that may be located at Yucca Mountain in Nevada for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste materials. The safe disposal of these high-level radioactive materials at a central disposal facility is a high national priority. At present, spent nuclear fuel is accumulating at over 70 power plant sites distributed throughout 33 states. These radioactive byproducts are generated as the result of national defense activities and from the generation of electricity by commercial nuclear power plants. One of the current major national environmental problems is the safe disposal of large quantities of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste materials, which are rapidly accumulating throughout the country. Both the Integrated and Colocated concepts were assumed to be associated with some radioactive materials handling facility such as an AFR repository. These facilities probably could service high-level, intermediate-level, low-level, or other waste transportation systems with minor modification, but this study did not include any system other more » than spent fuel. The independent concept was already the subject of a detailed report and is extensively referenced in this document so that capital cost comparisons of the three concepts could be made.
In this report, three forms of FSF's solely for spent fuel transport systems were examined: independent, integrated, and colocated. Thus, a need is indicated for FSF's, or their equivalent, at various radioactive materials receiving sites. This situation has caused the General Accounting Office to express concern regarding the quality of waste transport system maintenance once the system is placed into service. None of the United States' waste handling plants presently receiving radioactive wastes have an on-site FSF, nor is there an existing third party facility providing these services. Such a facility is intended to be used for routine servicing, preventive maintenance, and for performing requalification license compliance tests and inspections, minor repairs, and decontamination of both the transportation casks and their associated rail cars or tractor-trailers.
This is a resource document which examines feasibility design concepts and feasibility studies of a Fleet Servicing Facility (FSF).
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