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The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has approximately 400 million liters (100 million gallons) of liquid high-level waste (HLW) stored in underground tanks and approximately 4,000 cubic meters of solid HLW stored in bins. The current DOE estimate of the cost of converting these liquid and solid wastes into stable forms for shipment to a geological repository exceeds $50 billion to be spent over several decades (DOE, 2000). The Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Radioactive High-Level Waste at Department of Energy Sites was appointed by the National Research Council (NRC) to advise the Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP) on a long-term research agenda addressing the above problems related to HLW stored in tanks and bins at DOE sites.

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National Research Council. 2001. Research Needs for High-Level Waste Stored in Tanks and Bins at U.S. Department of Energy Sites: Environmental Management Science Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/10191.

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  • Paperback:  978-0-309-07565-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/10191
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Front Matter i-xii
Executive Summary 1-6
1. Introduction 7-12
2. Overview of HLW Challenges at DOE Sites 13-27
3. Characterization 28-36
4. Retrieval and Pretreatment 37-47
5. Immobilization 48-64
6. Tank Closure and Other Long-Term Issues 65-76
7. EMSP Research Portfolio: Technological Risk and Desired Attributes 77-82
8. Summary 83-86
References 87-94
Appendix A: Interim Report 95-107
Appendix B: Analysis of the EMSP Research Portfolio 108-113
Appendix C: Spent Nuclear Fuel Issues 114-114
Appendix D: EMSP Overview and HLW Research Program 115-119
Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 120-123
Appendix F: List of Presentations 124-125
Appendix G: Glossary 126-132
Appendix H: List of Acronyms 133-134

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