6-1 Status of Reactor Site Storage Systems for Used Nuclear Fuel

SENES Consultants Ltd
Overview of the status of reactor site storage systems for used nuclear fuel.

6-2 Status of Centralized Storage Systems for Used Nuclear Fuel

Mohan Rao & Dave Hardy, Hardy Stevenson and Associates
Overview of the status of centralized storage systems for used nuclear fuel.

6-3 Status of Geological Repositories for Used Nuclear Fuel

McCombie, McCombie Consulting
Overview of the status of geological repositories for used nuclear fuel.

6-4 Status of Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing, Partitioning and Transmutation

David Jackson, David Jackson & Associates
Overview of the status of nuclear fuel reprocessing, partitioning and transmutation.

6-5 Range of Potential Management Options for Used Nuclear Fuel

Phil Richardson & Marion Hill, Enviros Consulting Ltd.
Overview of the range of potential management systems for used nuclear fuel.

6-6 Status of Transportation Systems for High-level Radioactive Waste Management (HLRWM)

6-7 Status of Storage, Disposal and Transportation Containers for the Management of Used Nuclear Fuel

Kinectrics
Overview of the current status of storage, disposal and transportation containers for HLRWM.

6-8 Review of the Fundamental Issues and Key Considerations Related to the Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Gavin Carter, Butterfield Carter and Associates, LLC

6-9 Conceptual Designs for Used Nuclear Fuel Management

The Nuclear Fuel Waste Act (NFWA) requires that the NWMO study include an assessment of three specific technical methods.  Associated conceptual designs are posted here for review.

6-10 Review of Conceptual Engineering Designs

The overall engineering and cost estimation process used in developing the conceptual designs for used nuclear fuel management have been reviewed and validated for NWMO by an independent firm, ADH Technologies Inc.

6-11 Validation of Cost Estimating Process for Long-Term Management of Used Nuclear Fuel

The cost estimation process used in developing the conceptual designs for used nuclear fuel management has been reviewed and validated for NWMO by ADH Technologies Inc. and Charles River Associates.

6-12 Long-Term Used Nuclear Fuel Waste Management - Geoscientific Review of the Sedimentary Sequence in Southern Ontario

Martin Mazurek, Rock-Water Interaction, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland

This paper explores, from a geoscientific perspective, the suitability of sedimentary rock for hosting a deep geological repository.

6-13 Conceptual Designs for Used Nuclear Fuel Management – in Sedimentary Rock

RWE NUKEM

High level review of potential design changes associated with implementation in sedimentary rock.

6-14 Implications of Reprocessing, Partitioning and Transmutation on Long-term Management of Used Nuclear Fuel in Canada

David P. Jackson, McMaster University

Overview of economic and radiological implications of reprocessing, partitioning and transmutation in waste management

6-15 Adaptive Phased Management: Draft Technical Description

Nuclear Waste Management Organization

This document provides a description of the Adaptive Phased Management Approach, as outlined in Appendix 3 of Choosing a Way Forward – Draft Study Report.

6-16 Adaptive Phased Management: Cost Summary

Golder Associates Ltd., Gartner Lee Limited

This paper documents and summarizes a cost estimation of the Adaptive Phased Management approach prepared by Golder Associates Limited/ Gartner Lee Limited.  A description of this approach is contained in NWMO background paper 6-15.

6-17 Adaptive Phased Management: Validation of Cost Estimating Process for Adaptive Phased Management of the Long Term Management of Used Nuclear Fuel

A.W. Hooker Associates Ltd.

The cost estimation process used in developing the Adaptive Phased Management design for used nuclear fuel management has been reviewed and validated for NWMO by A. W Hooker Associates Ltd.

6-18 Adaptive Phased Management: Technical Description