US Radioactive Waste Inventory and Characteristics Related to Potential Future Nuclear Energy Systems
22 September 2011The US Department of Energy (DoE) released this white paper to provide information on the waste generated by the nation's nuclear systems.
The white paper summarises the quantities and characteristics of potential waste generated by various nuclear fuel cycles.
BRC's main areas of interest were the existing waste that could be used for a civilian deep geologic repository and the future waste produced by alternative nuclear fuel cycles.
The report summarises three existing reports prepared for the DoE Office of Nuclear Energy's fuel cycle technology programme.
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US Radioactive Waste Inventory and Characteristics Related to Potential Future Nuclear Energy Systems
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