Title: WHAT IS THE COST FOR DOE LOW-LEVEL WASTE DISPOSAL?
Abstract:The DOE Office of Environmental Management is undertaking a comprehensive study of life-cycle disposal costs for its low-level and mixed low-level waste. This study is the most recent in a series of a...The DOE Office of Environmental Management is undertaking a comprehensive study of life-cycle disposal costs for its low-level and mixed low-level waste. This study is the most recent in a series of analyses the Department has conducted to answer questions about its policies, practices, and the costs of low-level waste disposal. It will address new questions generated by previous cost studies and will discuss opportunities for DOE to reduce the cost of low-level and mixed low-level waste disposal. With the recent publication of the Record of Decision for DOE’s Waste Management Program: Treatment and Disposal of Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste and the flexibility it offers DOE sites in choosing a disposal site, the DOE complex is now prepared to consider the implications of life-cycle costs in implementing its waste disposal configuration. This next generation cost study will address uncertainties in disposal volumes at DOE’s regional disposal sites, costs of facility closure, and impacts of long-term stewardship obligations in assessing DOE’s life-cycle disposal costs.Read More
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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