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10 Inconsistencies Associated with Current Plans
Pages 91-96

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From page 91...
... 4~. Basing Decisions on Risk Reduction Idsofar as storage of calcine in bin sets appears to be a low-risk configuration, there is no technical or risk basis, in the committee's judgment, to allocate billions of dollars for ' This reference estimates corrosion of the interior steel bin walls of only 5 thousandths of an inch ("mile")
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From page 92...
... Reducing Uncertainties, Unknowns, and Assumptions In the committee's view, a sound strategy would include efforts to reduce major uncertainties, unknowns, and assumptions, as by collecting characterization data and performing tests to validate key assumptions. It would be imprudent to adopt a high-risk, $5 billion-plus operation without collecting calcine characterization data or performing adequate tests.
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From page 93...
... Therefore, the committee believes that it is premature to decide which of these various durable waste forms to make. In addition, the committee believes it unwise to convert calcine and SEW to forms that would be difficult to dissolve and process further in the future, should that be necessary.
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From page 94...
... The right framework for considering disposal volume in a second HLW repository has yet to be established. Therefore, the committee believes that it is premature to base technical choices on waste volume reduction (which may not be important in the future)
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From page 95...
... An assumption common to all the INEEL HLW treatment options presented to the committee was that all such plans depend on delisting RCRA waste constituents. These delisting petitions to the appropriate regulatory authorities should be resolved expediently, or else contingency plans should be developed.
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