Nuclear Fuels Storage & Transportation Planning Project Office of Fuel Cycle Technologies
Nuclear Energy Overview of DOE-NEs Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project (NFST) Joe Carter Storage Control Account Manager of the DOE-NEs Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project (Savannah River National Laboratory) UFD R&D Working Group Meeting June 7, 2016 Las Vegas, NV
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DOE-NEs NFST Program is Planning for Interim Storage and Transportation as Part of an Integrated Waste Management System
Mission Lay the groundwork for implementing interim storage, including
associated transportation, per the Administrations Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste
Develop the foundation for a new nuclear waste management organization
Purpose Make progress on this important national issue within existing
legislative and budget authorizations
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Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste Guides NFSTs Activities
With the appropriate authorizations from Congress, the Administration currently plans to implement a program that:
Sites, designs and licenses, constructs and begins operations of a pilot interim storage facility with an initial focus on accepting used nuclear fuel from shut-down reactor sites;
Advances toward the siting and licensing of a larger interim storage facility that will have sufficient capacity to provide flexibility in the waste management system and allows for acceptance of enough used nuclear fuel to reduce expected government liabilities; and
Makes demonstrable progress on the siting and characterization of repository sites to facilitate the availability of a geologic repository
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Near-Term Objectives to Lay the Groundwork for Strategy Implementation
Develop and maintain an integrated plan to accomplish the Strategy goals
Improve integration of storage as a planned part of the waste management system, including evaluating standardization of dry cask storage systems
Develop and evaluate facility design options for an integrated waste management system
Develop and apply systems analyses to provide quantitative estimates of system impacts of utility and federal actions and inform future decisions
Establish the basis and identify options for management decisions on an integrated waste management system
Prepare for the large-scale transportation of SNF and HLW, with an initial focus on removing SNF from the shutdown reactor sites
Establish and maintain a unified and integrated SNF database and analysis system to characterize the input to the waste management system
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DOE-NEs NFST Program is Organized into Four Key Elements
* Indicates areas that are not currently active
Consent-Based Siting
Siting process design Communication products Site evaluation and selection* Site acquisition*
Transportation Institutional Operational Hardware
Storage Design NEPA Regulatory Construction* Operations*
Strategic Crosscuts
Project management Systems analyses Data/document access Standardization/
integration Characterization and
Assessment
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Supporting the Development of a Publicly Accepted Consent- Based Siting Process
To launch the consent-based siting effort, the DOE issued an Invitation for Public Comment in the Federal Register soliciting input on important considerations in designing a fair and effective process for siting Input can be provided in response to
the Invitation for Public Comment in the Federal Register or via email at [email protected]
DOE is holding public meetings around the country to hear from the public, communities, states, Tribes, and all interested stakeholders on what matters to them in moving forward in developing a consent-based process
http://www.energy.gov/ne/consent-based-siting
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Supporting the Development of a Publicly Accepted Consent- Based Siting Process
Continue populating and maintaining a database of prior siting efforts http://curie.ornl.gov/SED/pages/sed-homepage
Continue gaining additional insights on public preference
Developing communication products to support public interactions
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http://curie.ornl.gov/SED/pages/sed-homepage
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Evaluating interim storage design concepts, with input from industry contractors Generic Design Alternatives for Dry Storage of
Used Nuclear Fuel (CB&I) Preparing to develop a generic pilot ISF
design and Topical Safety Analysis Report Procurement underway
Initiating development of a draft licensing strategy for a pilot ISF
Initiating development of an environmental considerations document
Continuing efforts related to Aging Management at an ISF Participation in EPRI ESCP ASME code case: Examination Requirements and
Acceptance Standards for Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Canisters
Laying the Groundwork for Consolidated Interim Storage
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Dry Storage Design Concepts for Consolidated Interim Storage (Flexible, Adaptable, and Expandable)
Dry Storage Alternatives Pad storage using currently licensed storage
overpacks New concrete overpacks
Vault configurations Horizontal, vertical Above and below grade
Canister Receipt Commercially available transfer systems
Mobile cranes, no weather enclosure Installed cranes, weather enclosure
Canister transfer building Canister transfer building with remote operations
Tradeoffs associated with each concept Input to integrated waste management
system analysis
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Developing the Large-Scale Transportation System
Continuing interaction and collaboration with stakeholders Developing plans for transportation operations Understanding rail route selection and rail inspection options Working to finalize DOEs Section 180(c) Policy
Continuing development of the Stakeholder Tool for Assessing Radioactive Transportation (START)
DOE is developing a railcar to comply with the Association of American Railroads Standard S-2043 Contract with AREVA to design S-2043-compliant cask and buffer railcars, and to
fabricate prototypes Future contract for prototype testing DOE is evaluating several possible contracting options for large-scale fleet fabrication
and operations
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Potential Transportation Routes Generated by START
START generates potential routes for possible future transportation operations Web-based application of geographic information system (GIS) data and analysis Includes transportation infrastructure for rail, truck, and barge Uses data related to populations, land uses, emergency response, etc. Ability to generate multiple routes based on user requests
Min population Min travel time (with restrictions)
Min travel time
Example route is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect a selected destination site
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Developing the Large-Scale Transportation System
Planning efforts to remove SNF from shutdown reactor sites Collecting and documenting information related to site
inventory, site conditions, and near-site transportation infrastructure and experience
Visited 12 of the 13 shutdown sites: Vermont Yankee visit May 10-12
Updating the shutdown sites report Preparing initial site-specific de-inventory analysis for
five shutdown sites Understanding of the tasks and interfaces necessary for the
complete de-inventory Connecticut Yankee, Big Rock Point, Humbolt Bay, Trojan, Maine
Yankee
MP187 Transportation Cask Heavy Haul to Rancho Seco
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Integrated Waste Management System Analysis Tool Hierarchy
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Used Nuclear Fuel Storage, Transportation, & Disposal Analysis Resource and Data System (UNF-ST&DARDS) Data and SNF characteristics
Transportation Storage and Logistics (TSL) & Next Generation System Analysis Model (NGSAM) Alternative configurations and concepts of operations
Stakeholder Tool for Assessing Radioactive Transportation (START) Identification of potential transportation routes
Execution Strategy Analysis (ESA) Alternative implementation strategies
Multi-Evaluation Objective Framework (MOEF) Assessing alternatives against objectives and stakeholder perspectives
Centralized Used Fuel Resource for Information Exchange (CURIE) Sharing data, analysis, and reports
Integrated Waste Management System Analysis Tool Hierarchy
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Consistent, Reliable Data is Maintained in UNF-ST&DARDS
The consistency, quality, and traceability of the information and data used by our system tools is paramount.
The Unified Database in UNF-ST&DARDS Provides for consolidation, collection, archival, and distribution of
traceable SNF data UNF-ST&DARDS (Used Nuclear Fuel Storage, Transportation, &
Disposal Analysis Resource and Data System) Builds the foundation for all future SNF and system analysis Enables SNF characterization Enables realistic safety margins
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UNF-ST&DARDS Performs the SNF Characterization that is Required by All Other Tools
Models Depletion:
Triton, ORIGEN
Thermal: COBRA-SFS
Criticality: KENO-VI
Dose
Containment
Fuel Performance
Assembly ID Assembly
type Initial
enrichment Discharge
burnup Cycle start
and end dates
Geometric configuration
Materials of construction
Design dimensions
Control components
Cycle specific burnup
Soluble boron
Rod insertion history
Batch loadings
Axial burnup profiles
Moderator temperature
Geometric configuration
Materials of construction
Design dimensions
Cask loading patterns
Component loading
859 dataAssembly data
Reactor dataCask data
Depletion How much and which
isotopes are in the SNF at a given time?
Shielding What are the dose rates in
storage and transportation configurations?
Criticality What are margins to
criticality? Thermal
What are the SNF components (e.g., cladding, basket, fuel) temperature?
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System Architecture Analysis is Used to Answer Many Important Questions
What are the strategies for removing SNF from the reactor sites? What are the transportation assets needed and facilities that must be
constructed for different alternatives? How much will it cost to
construct and operate? How would multiple ISFs
impact system performance metrics? Costs Transportation Etc.
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Current Capabilities Provide Rough-Order-of-Magnitude Estimates of Costs, Materials, Asset Needs, etc.
The Transportation Storage Logistics (TSL) simulator models the following activities Assembly discharges Transfer of SNF to dry storage At-reactor and ISF pool capacity Canister/Cask loading Canister/Cask /Overpack thermal
limits Some ISF and repository
operational requirements Acceptance rates from reactors Allocation strategies (i.e., which
reactors go when)
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Improve Waste Management System Architecture Analysis Capabilities
A new tool, NGSAM, designed to simulate a broad range of scenarios to: Provide quantitative information about alternatives Evaluate at-reactor constraints on system performance Evaluate multiple ISFs with different operational profiles More accurately model system-wide impacts of:
Repository emplacements limits Transportation requirements Facility operational limitations
Current Capabilities Detailed at-reactor operations
benchmarking ongoing High-level modeling of the ISF, disposal
canister packaging, and repository Linked with Unified Database Platform/Operating System independent
Mac, Windows, Linux
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ESA Analyzes Alternative Implementation Strategies, Including the Impacts of Risks and Uncertainties
The ESA approach builds on traditional project management tools (i.e., Gantt Charts, WBS) and provides additional insight
Constraints Policy, legislation, regulatory
Explicitly models uncertainty and its impacts risks and opportunities
Allows for the assessment of alternative implementation scenarios
ESA improves understanding of the effects of uncertainty and the potential impacts of risks and opportunities
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Multi-Objective Evaluation Framework to Evaluate Alternatives in a Structured Manner
Nuclear waste management is a complex socio-technical problem
Multi-objective evaluation is based on the principles and methods of decision analysis Used in engineering, business, and
policy analysis
Objective is to apply a systematic methodology to evaluation alternatives for consideration by decision makers.
Loading standard transportation, aging, and disposal canisters
(STADs) at Reactor Sites Reactor Priority Perspective
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Data, Analyses, and Reports are Shared Using the CURIE Website
Advanced search functionality Public and private collaboration
environments Up-to-date, permissions-based
event calendar Image galleries Automated, live news feed Siting Experience Database
BRC near-term recommendation Map-based visualization of
reactor- and site-specific storage information
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Users Can Display UNF-ST&DARDS Data Using the Map Function on CURIE
The initial integration of CURIE and UNF-ST&DARDS provides user access and visualization of SNF data not otherwise available in a centralized location Visualization of numerous SNF data and reactor sites Data can be filtered by site, state, operating status, etc.
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Laying the Groundwork for Standardization
Furthering the quantitative assessment of relevant options to establish basis for future decision making Standardization at an ISF and alternative SNF
acceptance approaches Included representative repository concepts
Utilized industry contracts to obtain needed additional information Generic design for small size STAD canister system
(EnergySolutions) Investigated operational aspects for implementation
of STAD canister systems at operating reactors (EnergySolutions)
Developed a Standardized Transportation, Aging, and Disposal (STAD) canister specification and specification rationale to support system studies and potential research, development, and demonstration activities
Comparison of ROM system cost of different initial canister loading strategies and disposal in small (4 PWR)
canisters
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Questions & Discussion
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Overview of DOE-NEs Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project (NFST)Joe CarterStorage Control Account Manager of the DOE-NEsNuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project(Savannah River National Laboratory)UFD R&D Working Group MeetingJune 7, 2016Las Vegas, NVDOE-NEs NFST Program is Planning for Interim Storage and Transportation as Part of an Integrated Waste Management SystemStrategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste Guides NFSTs ActivitiesNear-Term Objectives to Lay the Groundwork for Strategy ImplementationDOE-NEs NFST Program is Organized into Four Key ElementsSupporting the Development of a Publicly Accepted Consent-Based Siting Process Supporting the Development of a Publicly Accepted Consent-Based Siting Process Laying the Groundwork for Consolidated Interim StorageDry Storage Design Concepts for Consolidated Interim Storage (Flexible, Adaptable, and Expandable)Developing the Large-Scale Transportation SystemPotential Transportation Routes Generated by STARTDeveloping the Large-Scale Transportation SystemIntegrated Waste Management System Analysis Tool HierarchyIntegrated Waste Management System Analysis Tool HierarchyConsistent, Reliable Data is Maintained in UNF-ST&DARDSUNF-ST&DARDS Performs the SNF Characterization that is Required by All Other ToolsSystem Architecture Analysis is Used to Answer Many Important QuestionsCurrent Capabilities Provide Rough-Order-of-Magnitude Estimates of Costs, Materials, Asset Needs, etc.Improve Waste Management System Architecture Analysis CapabilitiesESA Analyzes Alternative Implementation Strategies, Including the Impacts of Risks and UncertaintiesMulti-Objective Evaluation Framework to Evaluate Alternatives in a Structured MannerData, Analyses, and Reports are Shared Using the CURIE WebsiteUsers Can Display UNF-ST&DARDS Data Using the Map Function on CURIELaying the Groundwork for Standardization Questions & Discussion