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Appendix A: Cost Trade off Analysis
Pages 42-43

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... = reduction in transportation costs by shipping the smaller volume = transportation costs for non-radioactive waste shipping = modifying factors that weight treatment options for institutional goals, policies or requirements. For an analysis based strictly on 42
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... If onsite storage is not restncted or if access to disposal capacity is not an issue then fm> ~ OMC RMV vl v2 V3 V4 = other institutional LLRW management costs = recycle metal value Vat = is the untreated volume = is the treated (reduced) volume = is the non radioactive disposed volume = is the recycled volume The relationship among the options of: Direct disposal; Evaluation and release for recycle with direct disposal of ONLY those materials not meeting the criteria without treatment; Evaluation and release for recycle with direct disposal of ONLY those materials not meeting the criteria with aggressive treatment to minimize what is disposed as radioactive matenal; and Costs for treatments, transportation, direct disposal, measurement and assessment of materials, and management should be carefully assessed and included in the analyses.
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Key Terms

  • radioactive material
  • analysis based
  • based strictly
  • disposal costs
  • reduced volume

  • limited storage
  • llrw versus
  • llrw management
  • onsite storage
  • aggressive treatment

  • direct radioactive
  • versus treatment
  • carefully assessed
  • disposal capacity
  • financial drivers

  • storage space
  • treatment option
  • weight treatment
  • initial volume
  • modifying factors

  • treatment options
  • institutional goals
  • management costs
  • offsite disposal
  • material disposal

  • institutional llrw
  • transportation costs
  • treatment costs
  • untreated volume
  • disposal cost


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