| Table
3. Annual Spent Fuel Discharges and Burnup, 1968 - 2002 |
| Year |
Number
of Assemblies a |
Initial
Uranium Content
(Metric Tonnes of Uranium) |
Average
Burnup
(GWDt/ MTU) |
| All
Discharged Assemblies |
| BWR |
PWR |
HTGR |
Total |
BWR |
PWR |
HTGR |
Total |
BWR |
PWR |
HTGR |
| 1968 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0.6 |
|
|
0.6 |
1.7 |
|
|
| 1969 |
97 |
0 |
0 |
97 |
9.9 |
|
|
9.9 |
16.6 |
|
|
| 1970 |
29 |
99 |
0 |
128 |
5.6 |
39.0 |
|
44.6 |
0.3 |
18.4 |
|
| 1971 |
413 |
113 |
0 |
526 |
64.7 |
44.5 |
|
109.2 |
8.3 |
23.8 |
|
| 1972 |
801 |
282 |
0 |
1,083 |
145.8 |
99.9 |
|
245.7 |
7.1 |
22.1 |
|
| 1973 |
564 |
165 |
0 |
729 |
93.5 |
67.1 |
|
160.6 |
13.2 |
24.2 |
|
| 1974 |
1,290 |
575 |
0 |
1,865 |
241.6 |
207.7 |
|
449.3 |
13.1 |
18.4 |
|
| 1975 |
1,223 |
797 |
0 |
2,020 |
225.9 |
321.7 |
|
547.6 |
17.1 |
18.2 |
|
| 1976 |
1,666 |
931 |
0 |
2,597 |
298.1 |
401.0 |
|
699.1 |
13.6 |
22.4 |
|
| 1977 |
2,047 |
1,107 |
0 |
3,154 |
383.2 |
467.0 |
|
850.2 |
17.0 |
25.2 |
|
| 1978 |
2,239 |
1,665 |
0 |
3,904 |
383.7 |
698.6 |
|
1,082.3 |
19.8 |
26.4 |
|
| 1979 |
2,131 |
1,642 |
246 |
4,019 |
399.9 |
712.0 |
3.0 |
1,114.9 |
22.5 |
27.2 |
8.8 |
| 1980 |
3,330 |
1,457 |
0 |
4,787 |
619.8 |
618.5 |
|
1,238.3 |
22.5 |
29.8 |
|
| 1981 |
2,467 |
1,590 |
240 |
4,297 |
458.7 |
677.8 |
2.9 |
1,139.4 |
24.0 |
30.3 |
18.3 |
| 1982 |
1,951 |
1,491 |
0 |
3,442 |
357.2 |
640.5 |
|
997.7 |
24.9 |
29.9 |
|
| 1983 |
2,649 |
1,779 |
0 |
4,428 |
482.2 |
772.2 |
|
1,254.4 |
27.1 |
30.2 |
|
| 1984 |
2,735 |
1,933 |
240 |
4,908 |
497.9 |
839.4 |
2.7 |
1,340.0 |
25.9 |
29.5 |
33.2 |
| 1985 |
2,989 |
2,032 |
0 |
5,021 |
542.8 |
859.4 |
|
1,402.2 |
23.6 |
32.0 |
|
| 1986 |
2,552 |
2,254 |
0 |
4,806 |
458.3 |
978.9 |
|
1,437.2 |
21.4 |
30.7 |
|
| 1987 |
3,316 |
2,567 |
0 |
5,883 |
596.9 |
1,097.0 |
|
1,693.9 |
22.6 |
31.6 |
|
| 1988 |
2,956 |
2,574 |
0 |
5,530 |
535.5 |
1,093.1 |
|
1,628.6 |
24.6 |
33.7 |
|
| 1989 |
3,803 |
2,721 |
1,482 |
8,006 |
692.6 |
1,185.0 |
15.6 |
1,893.2 |
22.6 |
32.7 |
38.2 |
| 1990 |
3,487 |
3,435 |
0 |
6,922 |
632.8 |
1,481.2 |
|
2,114.0 |
25.2 |
34.6 |
|
| 1991 |
3,191 |
2,803 |
0 |
5,994 |
576.0 |
1,218.3 |
|
1,794.3 |
28.4 |
35.4 |
|
| 1992 |
3,932 |
3,588 |
0 |
7,520 |
713.5 |
1,547.0 |
|
2,260.5 |
29.2 |
36.8 |
|
| 1993 |
3,759 |
3,400 |
0 |
7,159 |
677.6 |
1,477.0 |
|
2,154.6 |
30.6 |
39.2 |
|
| 1994 |
3,777 |
2,747 |
0 |
6,524 |
676.0 |
1,176.6 |
|
1,852.6 |
33.4 |
40.3 |
|
| 1995 |
4,425 |
3,741 |
0 |
8,166 |
787.2 |
1,629.9 |
|
2,417.1 |
33.1 |
40.9 |
|
| 1996 |
4,690 |
3,536 |
0 |
8,226 |
832.6 |
1,514.6 |
|
2,347.2 |
35.4 |
39.1 |
|
| 1997 |
3,849 |
3,414 |
0 |
7,263 |
673.8 |
1,510.3 |
|
2,184.1 |
35.8 |
40.3 |
|
| 1998 |
3,867 |
2,166 |
0 |
6,033 |
674.0 |
934.8 |
|
1,608.8 |
36.4 |
44.0 |
|
| 1999 |
4,586 |
3,637 |
|
8,223 |
798.1 |
1,593.4 |
|
2,391.5 |
35.8 |
44.1 |
|
| 2000 |
4,361 |
3,177 |
|
7,538 |
758.6 |
1,393.5 |
|
2,152.1 |
38.2 |
44.8 |
|
| 2001 |
3,904 |
3,019 |
|
6,923 |
673.4 |
1,327.1 |
|
2,000.5 |
39.5 |
45.0 |
|
| 2002 |
4,274 |
3,854 |
|
8,128 |
739.6 |
1,667.6 |
|
2,407.2 |
40.0 |
45.7 |
|
| Total |
93,355 |
70,291 |
2,208 |
165,854 |
16,707.6 |
30,291.6 |
24.2 |
47,023.4 |
28.6 |
36.3 |
32.2 |
a Some data for earlier years
have been revised. When utilities reinsert assemblies which had been
listed as permanently discharged in previous years, the historical
totals change.
BWR = Boiling-water reactor; PWR = Pressurized-water
reactor; HTGR = High-temperature gas cooled reactor.
GWDt/MTU = Gigawattdays
thermal per metric tonne of uranium.
Note: Totals may not equal sum
of components because of independent rounding.
Source: Energy Information
Administration, Form RW-859, "Nuclear Fuel Data" (2002). |
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