Improving estimates of volumes to be placed in the Midwest Compact Disposal Facility

This paper reports on an intensive investigation of past, current, and projected volumes and treatment methods conducted for low-level radioactive waste from the Midwest Compact region. The investigation included numerous site visits to interview cognizant personnel and seek insights that could help refine projections of future waste from normal operations. Estimates of potential waste volumes from unscheduled events at nuclear power plants and from such factors as changes in the regulatory and political environments were also developed. The information was combined to determine the range of potential waste volumes going to the Compact's first regional disposal facility