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Second Generation Waste Package Design Study, Sam Armijo, Mano Misra

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The design of waste packages currently proposed for YMP is highly conservative. The candidate materials of construction of the waste packages and drip shields while highly corrosion resistant are extremely expensive and components made from these materials will require complex and expensive fabrication methods to assure their integrity. A proposed, second generation operating concept and waste package design, is intended to permit more efficient and less costly operation of the repository while maintaining waste package integrity. Major reductions in waste package costs can be realized by increasing the number of fuel assemblies stored in each waste package, eliminating the reference …