Radwaste generation survey update: Volume 2, Pressurized water reactors: Final report

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) commissioned an operations-related project (RP1557-26) in mid-1986 to update the project data base developed for EPRI Report NP-3370, ''Identification of Radwaste Sources and Reduction Techniques,'' which was published in January 1984. An update was deemed particularly desirable in order to assess the impact on power reactor low level radioactive waste generation of 10 CFR 61, the recent implementation of the 1985 Amendment to the Low Level Waste Policy Act of 1980 (and its potential effects on accelerated waste shipment programs), and the efforts of several plants to implement waste minimization program over the past several years. These events, as reflected in waste generation rates from 1982 through 1985, should help NP-3370 continue to be a useful document for a plant's radwaste manager in the future. Furthermore, the trends of the past several years presented herein should help to more accurately define utility waste source terms for use in planning on-site storage and developing regional burial facilities. A new data base was developed that includes 1982 through 1986 information, as well as pertinent portions of the 1978 through 1981 data base. The result of the project is a two volume report comprising radwaste related information more » from more than 95% of the nuclear power plants in commerical operation as of 1986. Volume 1 contains all information pertaining to boiling water reactors (BWRs), while Volume 2 contains information for pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The computerized data base of waste volumes, sources and characteristics for each plant type (BWR or PWR) is included as an appendix in each respective volume. 36 figs., 26 tabs. « less