Lifecycle Cost Estimate for Canada’s Long-Term Spent Fuel Management Program is C$26 Billion

摘要

Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization(NWMO) recently released an updated lifecycle cost estimateof its plan for the long-term management of spent fuelgenerated in Canada, called Adaptive Phased Management,or APM. The plan includes isolating the spent fuel in a deepgeological repository (DGR) constructed within a suitablehost rock formation, and a transportation system to safelymove the spent fuel from interim storage sites to the repositorylocation.