Facts about nuclear waste storage
Remaining waste storage capacity at EnergySolutions' Clive site: 150 million cubic feet
Size of Clive facility: About 1 square mile
Percentage of capacity realized: 50 percent
Amount of waste processed every year: 6 million cubic feet
Mass of 1,600 tons of waste: About 80,000 cubic feet
Amount of imported material tagged for recycling into metal shield blocks to be reused in nuclear industry: 33 percent
Number of active nuclear reactors in the U.S.: 104
Amount of waste generated by a decommissioning of one reactor: 1 million cubic feet
Rating of waste from Italy that would be disposed of in Utah: Class A
Size of Clive facility: About 1 square mile
Percentage of capacity realized: 50 percent
Amount of waste processed every year: 6 million cubic feet
Mass of 1,600 tons of waste: About 80,000 cubic feet
Amount of imported material tagged for recycling into metal shield blocks to be reused in nuclear industry: 33 percent
Number of active nuclear reactors in the U.S.: 104
Amount of waste generated by a decommissioning of one reactor: 1 million cubic feet
Rating of waste from Italy that would be disposed of in Utah: Class A
Source: EnergySolutions
3 comments
Recent comments
To me, the biggest concern is the ongoing security threat of having...
Anonymous | March 10, 2008 at 8:46 a.m.
Nuclear material can be recycled, the French have
been doing...
Ken | March 8, 2008 at 10:52 p.m.
Energy Solutions has run a very successful high level PR campaign...
mlb | March 8, 2008 at 8:09 a.m.
