Research Article

Nuclear Waste Management Decision-Making Support with MCDA

Table 1

SNF-produced and cumulative inventory in storage in 2016, 2020, and 2030 [6].

Country201620202030
ArisingIn storageArisingIn storageArisingIn storage

OECD America3,702130,4374,013141,2223,208165,537
Canada1,59152,5281,53554,0631,06556,092
Mexico 24 685 49 857 241,176
United States2,08777,2242,42986,3022,119108,269
OECD Europe7,404260,8748,026282,4446,416331,074
Belgium−19(2015)3,456(2015)N/AN/AN/AN/A
Czech Republic 751,926 802,242 813,056
Finland 552,104 902,362 1313,289
France 30015,700 30016,900N/AN/A
Germany 1508,884 1279,751 010,477
Hungary 361,240 391,396 842,031
Italy 01.68 01.68 0 0
Netherlands 8 601 8 633 8 700
Slovak Republic 361,578 581,757 552,308
Slovenia 15 470 15 513 15 666
Spain 1384,979 1085,532 06,678
Sweden 143(2015)6,049(2015)N/AN/AN/AN/A
Switzerland 531,404 481,604 452,057
United Kingdom 7173,955 252,826 255,848
OECD Pacific1,70752,346
Japan 380(2015)14800(2015)N/AN/AN/AN/A
Korea 80315,579 90119,120 59627,380
OECD1,18330,379
Russia 65021,980 71623,540 84526,724
NEA1,83352,359

Part of 234.9 tHM (before irradiation) transported to reprocessing facility and 1.68 tHM (after irradiation) waiting for dry storage; 1.68 tHM transported to LLW national repository for temporary storage awaiting geological disposal; cumulative in-storage totals include fuel arising from a steam-generating heavy water reactor, the prototype fast breeder reactor, and breeder fuel from the Dounreay fast reactor; including LWR fuel and HWR fuel; tHM/year; tHM cumulative; N/A: not available.