MANAGING THE LEGACY: THE INEEL SNF PROGRAM

摘要

Since it was first founded in 1949, fifty-two nuclear reactors have been built and operated at the siternnow known as the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). Most of thernspent fuel from these reactors has remained at the INEEL. In addition, nuclear fuel has also beenrnbrought to the INEEL from other sites for testing and uranium reprocessing. When reprocessing ofrnspent nuclear fuel was ended at the INEEL in 1992, a different management strategy had to berndeveloped to manage the legacy of spent nuclear fuel. This management strategy involves characterizingrnthe fuel, resolving storage vulnerabilities, consolidating fuel, closing facilities, managing fuel receiving,rndeveloping new technologies, and ensuring that the SNF inventory or its treatment byproducts can bernaccepted in a federal repository.