Analysis of the Total System Life Cycle Cost of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program, Fiscal Year 2007

摘要

The Analysis of the Total System Life Cycle Cost (TSLCC) of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program presents the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Managements (OCRWM) May 2007 total system cost estimate for the disposal of the Nations spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW). The TSLCC analysis provides a basis for assessing the adequacy of the Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) Fee as required by Section 302 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), as amended. In addition, the TSLCC analysis provides a basis for the calculation of the Governments share of disposal costs for government-owned and managed SNF and HLW. The TSLCC estimate includes both historical costs and costs projected through decommissioning of the Yucca MountFain Repository in 2133. This estimate updates the last published TSLCC, which was released in 2001. The 2001 estimate was reported in constant 2000 dollars and this estimate is in 2007 dollars. To provide comparison, summary level charts within the 2007 TSLCC are stated in both 2000 and 2007 dollars.