Release Date: October 1, 2004
Next Release: Late 2010**
Spent nuclear fuel data is collected by the Energy Information Administration
(EIA) for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM).
The spent nuclear fuel (SNF) data includes detailed characteristics
of SNF generated by commercial U.S. nuclear power plants. From 1983 through
1995 this data was collected annually. Since 1996 this data has been
collected every three years. The latest available detailed data covers
all SNF discharged from commercial reactors before December 31, 2002,
and is maintained in a data base by the EIA. Summary data tables from
this data base may be found as indicated below. The detailed data are
available on request from Jim Finucane who can be reached at 202-586-1198
or at jim.finucane@eia.doe.gov.
Data on SNF discharged from commercial nuclear reactors as of December
31, 2006, is expected to be available in the latter part of 2007.
Table
1. Total U.S. Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Discharges, 1968
- 2002 |
Reactor
Type |
Number
of Assemblies |
Stored
at
Reactor
Sites |
Stored
at
Away-from-Reactor
Facilities |
Total |
Boiling-Water Reactor |
90,398 |
2,957 |
93,355 |
Pressurized-Water Reactor |
69,800 |
491 |
70,291 |
High-Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor |
1,464 |
744 |
2,208 |
Total |
161,662 |
4,192 |
165,854 |
|
Metric
Tonnes of Uranium (MTU) |
Boiling-Water Reactor |
16,153.6 |
554.0 |
16,707.6 |
Pressurized-Water Reactor |
30,099.0 |
192.6 |
30,291.6 |
High-Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor |
15.4 |
8.8 |
24.2 |
Total |
46,268.0 |
755.4 |
47,023.4 |
** Next release will include 2009 data.
More Spent Fuel Tables | Formats |
Table 2. Nuclear Power Plant Data as of December 31, 2002 | html |
Table 3. Annual Spent Fuel Discharges and Burnup, 1968 - 2002 | html |
Prior Year Spent Fuel tables | format |
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1998 Spent Fuel Tables | pdf |
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