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Waste Management Baselining a Spent Nuclear Fuel Cask Shielding Model �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 34 Calculating more accurate dose rates to provide additional flexibility to both nuclear facility designers and operational planners. Accelerated Corrosion Tests for the Evaluation of Long-Term Performance of Boral in SPFs �� � � � � 40 An EPRI-initiated project evaluates the commonly used neutron absorber. The Waste Factory Approach � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 44 Meeting the formidable waste management challenges at Oak Ridge’s East Tennessee Technology Park using on-site resources. DOE Report to Congress on GTCC Waste Disposal Alternatives �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 52 Satisfying a statutory requirement, the Secretary of Energy submitted a report to Congress describing the alternatives under consideration for disposing of greater-than-Class C radioactive waste.. 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After all, ton-Lewinsky scandal and, at the risk of lion for work related to the Nevada repos- they merely mark arbitrary points in time. sounding flippant, the end of TV’sSeinfeld . itory. And yet, given the fate of past bud- Recognizing important past events, how- While few in the nuclear industry need gets, it is difficult to see any headway being ever, can be an instructive, if not cathartic, reminding of the NWPA’s unfortunate an- made anytime soon. The political will, it exercise. Anniversaries remind us of what niversary, the National Association of Reg- seems, is still not quite there. is important, show us how far (or not) we ulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) In the absence of any substantial prog- have come, and point us to a (hopefully) used it as an opportunity to urge lawmak- ress being made, however, there are some better future. Just as a physical landmark ers to act on nuclear waste and provide things being done to help clear the path, so will demarcate an important location, the to speak. The DOE, through an integrated temporal milestone of an anniversary will Another year waste management system, continues to demarcate an important moment in time. plan for the eventual large-scale transport This year will see a number of notable passes, and another of used fuel from reactor sites. As part of anniversaries, including the centennial this effort, the department has commis- of the armistice to end World War I and missed deadline is sioned a number of studies aimed at zero- the 50th anniversary of the Nuclear Non- ing in on the best routes for shipping used proliferation Treaty, which was opened remembered. fuel from power plants to a hypothetical for signing on July 1, 1968. The year 2018 storage/disposal facility (see “Getting Rid is also the 50th anniversary of the re- funding for the Yucca Mountain license of Inventory,” starting on page 57). lease of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space review. In a press release, NARUC noted Likewise, utilities and reactor oper- Odyssey and the debut of Mister Rogers’ that the DOE’s failure to take possession ators, facing indefinite storage periods, Neighborhood. of used fuel has cost taxpayers more than are stepping up their aging management There is, however, another less satisfy- $5 billion, and damages could reach more strategies. This includes everything from ing anniversary being marked this year, than $29 billion by 2022. “Taxpayers and maintaining safe criticality control in and that is the 20th anniversary of the U.S. ratepayers have poured literally billions spent fuel pools over longer periods (see government’s failure to act on its nuclear into the federal nuclear waste program, page 40) to ensuring the integrity of dry waste commitments under the Nuclear and the liability costs continue to increase storage systems over multiple decades. Waste Policy Act (NWPA). By January every day we delay,” NARUC President While we wait for political direction, 31, 1998, the Department of Energy was John Betkoski III said in the release. there is some reassurance that we are not to start accepting the nation’s used nucle- It is an encouraging sign that President sitting idly by. But then again, let’s hope ar fuel and high-level radioactive waste Trump’s 2019 fiscal year budget once again that we will not be “celebrating” this an- and moving it to a permanent repository. includes $120 million for Yucca Moun- niversary again in another 20 years.—Tim Looking back, 1998 was not a particularly tain, and that the Nuclear Regulatory Gregoire, Editor 4 • Radwaste Solutions Spring 2018 www.ans.org/rs Looking for Safe and Compliant Decommissioning Services? Please, check us out: www.AmericanDND.com ANNIV R ER EA S Y A TARGET R 4 Y 1 ZERO Achieved 375,000 MH (+) 2004 –2018 Experience where it matters most: PLANNING DESIGN EXECUTION E-mail: [email protected] Visit: www.AmericanDND.com Call: 866-699-5515 Safety is Job #1 WM 2018 American Demolition and Nuclear Decommissioning Booth 542 It’s no accident your project is performed safely when you hire American DND, Inc.