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Consolidated Radioactive Waste Inventory (volume of waste in m3)

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Waste Class	Storage Unprocessed (m³)	Storage Processed (m³)	Disposal Unprocessed (m³)	Disposal Processed (m³)
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HLW *	370522.8	3469.7	3960.0	0.0
Decomm Remediation*	563.9	2.7	3960.0	0.0
Defense*	354998.0	2000.0	0.0	0.0
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	16.7	55.5	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application*	65.5	363.5	0.0	0.0
Reactor Operation*	11339.4	34.0	0.0	0.0
Reprocessing*	3539.4	1014.0	0.0	0.0
ILW *	2313377.6	39951.5	124234.9	89473.3
Decomm Remediation*	1859470.3	1910.4	117446.2	1070.1
Defense*	82109.8	887.5	6479.4	66917.5
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	59779.1	982.9	0.0	107.5
Not Determened*	148.8	729.8	164.3	369.1
Nuclear Application*	12194.2	18909.6	79.4	2646.6
Reactor Operation*	185216.2	11889.3	65.7	18244.2
Reprocessing*	114459.2	4641.9	0.0	118.3
LLW *	1553566.1	448422.0	20361804.0	4875213.5
Decomm Remediation*	1103316.2	38920.8	17291074.8	591623.9
Defense*	5308.4	42498.5	1264351.0	1866356.3
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	28152.4	21319.5	104000.0	354379.5
Not Determened*	6394.6	5905.5	65345.3	26402.7
Nuclear Application*	120563.6	67706.4	634230.9	531379.7
Reactor Operation*	240231.1	258565.3	586802.1	1237726.8
Reprocessing*	49599.8	13505.8	416000.0	267344.6
VLLW *	332.6	72888.2	304.0	112413.0
Decomm Remediation*	52.3	2362.8	59.3	22527.6
Defense*	0.0	28423.0	5.3	4466.6
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	0.0	203.0	0.0	17866.2
Not Determened*	186.2	2.0	133.0	340.5
Nuclear Application*	7.7	34177.1	53.2	37519.0
Reactor Operation*	86.3	7720.2	53.2	26119.9
Reprocessing*	0.0	0.0	0.0	3573.2
All Countries (2011)
Waste Class	Storage Unprocessed (m³)	Storage Processed (m³)	Disposal Unprocessed (m³)	Disposal Processed (m³)
HLW *	370522.8	3469.7	3960.0	0.0
Decomm Remediation*	563.9	2.7	3960.0	0.0
Defense*	354998.0	2000.0	0.0	0.0
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	16.7	55.5	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application*	65.5	363.5	0.0	0.0
Reactor Operation*	11339.4	34.0	0.0	0.0
Reprocessing*	3539.4	1014.0	0.0	0.0
ILW *	2313377.6	39951.5	124234.9	89473.3
Decomm Remediation*	1859470.3	1910.4	117446.2	1070.1
Defense*	82109.8	887.5	6479.4	66917.5
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	59779.1	982.9	0.0	107.5
Not Determened*	148.8	729.8	164.3	369.1
Nuclear Application*	12194.2	18909.6	79.4	2646.6
Reactor Operation*	185216.2	11889.3	65.7	18244.2
Reprocessing*	114459.2	4641.9	0.0	118.3
LLW *	1553983.2	447891.1	20361807.0	4875210.5
Decomm Remediation*	1103316.2	38920.8	17291074.8	591623.9
Defense*	5308.4	42498.5	1264351.0	1866356.3
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	28152.4	21319.5	104000.0	354379.5
Not Determened*	6394.6	5905.5	65345.3	26402.7
Nuclear Application*	120563.6	67706.4	634233.9	531379.7
Reactor Operation*	240648.2	258034.4	586802.1	1237723.8
Reprocessing*	49599.8	13505.8	416000.0	267344.6
VLLW *	332.6	72888.2	304.0	112413.0
Decomm Remediation*	52.3	2362.8	59.3	22527.6
Defense*	0.0	28423.0	5.3	4466.6
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	0.0	203.0	0.0	17866.2
Not Determened*	186.2	2.0	133.0	340.5
Nuclear Application*	7.7	34177.1	53.2	37519.0
Reactor Operation*	86.3	7720.2	53.2	26119.9
Reprocessing*	0.0	0.0	0.0	3573.2
All Countries (2010)
Waste Class	Storage Unprocessed (m³)	Storage Processed (m³)	Disposal Unprocessed (m³)	Disposal Processed (m³)
HLW *	370532.3	3469.7	3960.0	0.0
Decomm Remediation*	558.0	2.7	3960.0	0.0
Defense*	354998.0	2000.0	0.0	0.0
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	16.7	55.5	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application*	65.5	363.5	0.0	0.0
Reactor Operation*	11354.7	34.0	0.0	0.0
Reprocessing*	3539.4	1014.0	0.0	0.0
ILW *	2313320.8	39778.6	124052.6	89473.2
Decomm Remediation*	1859466.2	1822.7	117263.9	1070.1
Defense*	82109.8	887.5	6479.4	66917.5
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	59779.1	980.5	0.0	107.5
Not Determened*	149.2	729.4	164.3	369.1
Nuclear Application*	12200.0	18916.7	79.4	2646.6
Reactor Operation*	185157.3	11821.3	65.7	18244.2
Reprocessing*	114459.2	4620.4	0.0	118.3
LLW *	1547170.7	441706.1	20334957.6	4874713.1
Decomm Remediation*	1102578.3	38035.3	17264270.0	591622.0
Defense*	5308.4	42498.5	1264351.0	1866356.3
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	28152.4	21297.9	104000.0	354379.5
Not Determened*	6403.9	5838.0	65345.3	26402.7
Nuclear Application*	120721.0	67751.7	634233.9	531344.8
Reactor Operation*	234407.0	252778.9	586757.5	1237263.3
Reprocessing*	49599.8	13505.8	416000.0	267344.6
VLLW *	328.9	72856.2	304.0	112413.0
Decomm Remediation*	50.5	2349.2	59.3	22527.6
Defense*	0.0	28423.0	5.3	4466.6
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	0.0	203.0	0.0	17866.2
Not Determened*	185.5	2.0	133.0	340.5
Nuclear Application*	7.5	34174.6	53.2	37519.0
Reactor Operation*	85.3	7704.5	53.2	26119.9
Reprocessing*	0.0	0.0	0.0	3573.2
All Countries (2009)
Waste Class	Storage Unprocessed (m³)	Storage Processed (m³)	Disposal Unprocessed (m³)	Disposal Processed (m³)
HLW *	370445.9	3464.7	3960.0	0.0
Decomm Remediation*	76.4	2.7	3960.0	0.0
Defense*	354998.0	2000.0	0.0	0.0
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	16.7	55.5	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application*	65.3	363.5	0.0	0.0
Reactor Operation*	11750.1	29.0	0.0	0.0
Reprocessing*	3539.4	1014.0	0.0	0.0
ILW *	2314443.1	39838.7	123697.5	89472.7
Decomm Remediation*	1861791.0	1741.5	116907.4	1075.2
Defense*	82109.8	887.5	6480.8	66917.5
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	58522.6	1000.0	0.0	107.1
Not Determened*	122.0	728.8	164.3	366.1
Nuclear Application*	12127.6	18916.2	79.4	2650.3
Reactor Operation*	185310.9	11965.0	65.7	18238.2
Reprocessing*	114459.2	4599.7	0.0	118.3
LLW *	1790831.2	448864.9	20299058.3	4874481.6
Decomm Remediation*	1332821.7	37436.2	17228539.4	592408.4
Defense*	5308.4	42498.5	1264486.2	1866356.3
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	28145.8	21495.4	104000.0	354375.9
Not Determened*	5342.3	5764.0	65345.3	26344.9
Nuclear Application*	119990.3	67716.6	634128.1	531088.6
Reactor Operation*	249622.9	260448.3	586559.5	1236562.9
Reprocessing*	49599.8	13505.8	416000.0	267344.6
VLLW	2171.7	70161.1	304.0	111279.0
Decomm Remediation	545.6	1426.4	59.3	21668.1
Defense	0.0	28423.0	5.3	4466.6
Fuel Fabr Enrichment	0.0	0.0	0.0	17866.2
Not Determened	1531.4	2.0	133.0	170.4
Nuclear Application	0.8	34137.3	53.2	37519.0
Reactor Operation	93.9	6172.4	53.2	26015.6
Reprocessing	0.0	0.0	0.0	3573.2
All Countries (2008)
Waste Class	Storage Unprocessed (m³)	Storage Processed (m³)	Disposal Unprocessed (m³)	Disposal Processed (m³)
HLW *	367880.8	3240.2	3960.0	10.0
Decomm Remediation*	10.2	2.7	3960.0	0.0
Defense	354998.0	2000.0	0.0	0.0
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	16.7	55.5	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application*	248.2	147.5	0.0	0.0
Reactor Operation*	9048.5	29.0	0.0	10.0
Reprocessing*	3559.3	1005.5	0.0	0.0
ILW *	2312457.5	34688.4	125322.4	88998.9
Decomm Remediation*	1861776.1	3283.0	116920.8	947.2
Defense*	82109.7	853.2	6514.9	66917.5
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	56786.6	981.1	0.0	93.8
Not Determened*	140.0	717.5	998.0	431.8
Nuclear Application*	12706.4	16836.6	489.5	2522.8
Reactor Operation*	184479.9	7424.3	399.2	17967.4
Reprocessing*	114458.8	4592.6	0.0	118.3
LLW *	1785400.2	453887.6	20286374.6	4861774.6
Decomm Remediation*	1333413.7	38200.8	17213433.7	593374.8
Defense*	5336.0	43427.4	1264536.6	1833515.9
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	28077.2	21722.1	104000.0	305842.1
Not Determened*	4445.6	7124.6	65068.0	558914.4
Nuclear Application*	119473.7	66811.5	637334.5	414670.7
Reactor Operation*	245887.6	263036.9	586001.8	1058280.0
Reprocessing*	48766.4	13564.2	416000.0	97176.8
VLLW *	0.0	68364.4	38.0	37502.0
Decomm Remediation	0.0	0.0	38.0	20858.0
Defense*	0.0	25528.4	0.0	2163.7
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	0.0	153.0	0.0	832.2
Not Determened	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application*	0.0	38763.1	0.0	8155.6
Reactor Operation*	0.0	3899.9	0.0	5326.1
Reprocessing*	0.0	19.1	0.0	166.4
All Countries (2007)
Waste Class	Storage Unprocessed (m³)	Storage Processed (m³)	Disposal Unprocessed (m³)	Disposal Processed (m³)
HLW *	371713.9	3295.5	0.0	10.0
Decomm Remediation	3970.2	2.7	0.0	0.0
Defense	354998.0	2056.0	0.0	0.0
Fuel Fabr Enrichment	16.7	55.5	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application*	162.6	147.5	0.0	0.0
Reactor Operation	9023.3	29.0	0.0	10.0
Reprocessing	3543.1	1004.8	0.0	0.0
ILW *	2325030.7	35027.6	123277.5	86744.7
Decomm Remediation	1861932.5	3272.1	114875.3	1223.5
Defense*	95398.4	3463.2	6514.9	64475.1
Fuel Fabr Enrichment	55874.0	804.9	0.0	93.8
Not Determened*	122.2	707.5	998.0	431.8
Nuclear Application*	12541.1	16430.9	490.1	2505.2
Reactor Operation*	184768.2	5759.1	399.2	17897.0
Reprocessing	114394.2	4589.8	0.0	118.3
LLW *	1830326.3	441609.8	19793924.0	4800772.1
Decomm Remediation	1347997.9	32139.5	16756357.1	642655.1
Defense*	6060.2	41232.5	1264532.9	1725583.6
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	26277.6	15459.4	104000.0	305692.1
Not Determened*	3374.6	7102.0	65068.0	558914.4
Nuclear Application*	121688.1	63112.2	617211.3	414316.0
Reactor Operation*	276317.7	268988.7	570754.6	1056434.2
Reprocessing*	48610.1	13575.5	416000.0	97176.8
VLLW *	491.0	68324.8	38.0	37502.0
Decomm Remediation	0.0	0.0	38.0	20858.0
Defense*	0.0	25528.4	0.0	2163.7
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	0.0	153.0	0.0	832.2
Not Determened	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application*	0.0	38762.2	0.0	8155.6
Reactor Operation*	491.0	3861.3	0.0	5326.1
Reprocessing*	0.0	19.1	0.0	166.4
All Countries (2006)
Waste Class	Storage Unprocessed (m³)	Storage Processed (m³)	Disposal Unprocessed (m³)	Disposal Processed (m³)
HLW	369503.0	2774.2	0.0	10.0
Decomm Remediation	4825.6	2.7	0.0	0.0
Defense	354998.0	1638.0	0.0	0.0
Fuel Fabr Enrichment	19.6	55.5	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application	167.1	147.5	0.0	0.0
Reactor Operation	7057.7	18.8	0.0	10.0
Reprocessing	2435.0	911.7	0.0	0.0
ILW *	3123499.9	35602.8	44630.8	74771.3
Decomm Remediation	2381203.0	8325.3	36228.1	1159.4
Defense*	79274.9	791.6	6514.9	52923.7
Fuel Fabr Enrichment	2108.8	977.3	0.0	93.8
Not Determened*	64392.4	707.1	998.0	431.8
Nuclear Application*	50880.6	16401.6	490.6	2458.6
Reactor Operation*	545296.9	5137.3	399.2	17585.7
Reprocessing	343.2	3262.6	0.0	118.3
LLW *	1773965.3	263414.8	18504367.6	4695409.7
Decomm Remediation*	1331618.2	31879.1	17107960.2	619588.7
Defense*	9744.2	36830.8	1248531.4	1644147.8
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	27191.6	20979.7	0.0	298205.4
Not Determened*	14642.6	6829.4	1068.0	558741.4
Nuclear Application*	123074.4	62925.1	13228.0	413020.3
Reactor Operation*	236026.9	102872.8	133579.9	1064529.4
Reprocessing	31667.4	1097.9	0.0	97176.8
VLLW	494.8	68673.2	38.0	37502.0
Decomm Remediation	0.0	0.0	38.0	20858.0
Defense	0.0	25528.4	0.0	2163.7
Fuel Fabr Enrichment	0.0	153.0	0.0	832.2
Not Determened	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application	0.0	38761.8	0.0	8155.6
Reactor Operation	494.8	4209.9	0.0	5326.1
Reprocessing	0.0	19.1	0.0	166.4
All Countries (2005)
Waste Class	Storage Unprocessed (m³)	Storage Processed (m³)	Disposal Unprocessed (m³)	Disposal Processed (m³)
HLW *	369805.7	3956.8	0.0	10.2
Decomm Remediation	5215.4	1317.1	0.0	0.0
Defense	354998.0	1460.0	0.0	0.0
Fuel Fabr Enrichment	19.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Not Determened	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Nuclear Application*	157.3	148.0	0.0	0.0
Reactor Operation	6978.8	127.9	0.0	10.0
Reprocessing*	2436.6	903.8	0.0	0.0
ILW *	3123282.6	41684.1	41994.8	62817.9
Decomm Remediation*	2380230.9	8120.1	33660.6	1125.7
Defense*	79413.4	784.2	6446.2	41308.0
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	1710.8	1516.6	0.0	93.8
Not Determened*	64447.8	828.3	998.0	431.8
Nuclear Application*	50827.4	16286.2	490.8	2390.0
Reactor Operation*	546198.3	9394.4	399.2	17350.3
Reprocessing	454.0	4754.3	0.0	118.3
LLW *	1782962.7	333728.5	15426364.9	4316429.3
Decomm Remediation*	1325299.2	29329.5	14164311.9	602657.7
Defense*	38926.1	34404.3	1234883.5	1282804.7
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	25504.2	92536.6	0.0	298683.8
Not Determened*	14910.9	6914.5	1068.0	558276.4
Nuclear Application*	120464.8	60079.7	13356.0	413609.8
Reactor Operation*	226211.9	97185.6	12745.4	1063220.1
Reprocessing*	31645.6	13278.5	0.0	97176.8
VLLW *	494.9	68482.5	0.0	37502.0
Decomm Remediation	0.0	0.0	0.0	20858.0
Defense*	0.0	25528.4	0.0	2163.7
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	0.0	153.0	0.0	832.2
Not Determened	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application*	0.1	38760.8	0.0	8155.6
Reactor Operation*	494.8	4020.3	0.0	5326.1
Reprocessing*	0.0	19.1	0.0	166.4
All Countries (2004)
Waste Class	Storage Unprocessed (m³)	Storage Processed (m³)	Disposal Unprocessed (m³)	Disposal Processed (m³)
HLW *	369657.7	3548.6	0.0	10.2
Decomm Remediation*	5215.4	1317.1	0.0	0.0
Defense	354800.0	1070.0	0.0	0.0
Fuel Fabr Enrichment	16.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Not Determened	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Nuclear Application*	185.4	148.0	0.0	0.0
Reactor Operation*	7025.0	120.9	0.0	10.0
Reprocessing*	2415.3	892.6	0.0	0.0
ILW *	3189313.7	44193.5	33928.5	50278.0
Decomm Remediation*	2380419.1	8365.3	24975.3	1507.4
Defense*	138666.7	773.8	7765.9	27781.7
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	3818.7	1124.8	0.0	66.7
Not Determened*	64645.2	828.3	608.5	388.6
Nuclear Application*	51972.1	16387.6	335.4	2430.8
Reactor Operation*	543482.9	9425.4	243.4	17985.4
Reprocessing*	6309.1	7288.3	0.0	117.3
LLW *	1794234.4	290091.2	15302081.7	3807832.8
Decomm Remediation*	1336287.7	29834.7	13714127.0	651776.9
Defense*	31023.0	30193.4	1500609.1	757600.2
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	21717.3	35634.9	0.0	295305.0
Not Determened*	17032.7	7745.6	815.0	557971.5
Nuclear Application*	128182.6	60267.2	13227.9	407798.4
Reactor Operation*	248191.8	109469.0	73302.8	1040204.0
Reprocessing*	11799.3	16946.5	0.0	97176.8
VLLW *	584.1	68186.0	0.0	37502.0
Decomm Remediation	0.0	0.0	0.0	20858.0
Defense*	0.0	25528.4	0.0	2163.7
Fuel Fabr Enrichment*	0.0	153.0	0.0	832.2
Not Determened	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0
Nuclear Application*	0.1	38759.8	0.0	8155.6
Reactor Operation*	584.0	3724.9	0.0	5326.1
Reprocessing*	0.0	19.1	0.0	166.4

*) includes Estimate (data projections)
HLW = High Level Waste
ILW = Intermediate Level Waste
LLW = Low Level Waste
VLLW = Very Low Level Waste

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