Table 8.5  U.S. Inventory of Spent Nuclear Fuel by Reactor Type, 1971-1996, with Projections to 2001

  Boiling-water reactors Pressurized-water reactors Total light-water reactors
Year Annual Cumulative Annual Cumulative Annual Cumulative
             
  metric tons initial heavy metal
             
1971 65 81 44 83 109 164
1972 146 226 100 183 246 410
1973 94 320 67 250 161 570
1974 242 562 208 458 449 1,020
1975 226 787 322 780 548 1,567
1976 298 1,085 401 1,181 699 2,266
1977 383 1,469 467 1,648 850 3,116
1978 384 1,852 699 2,346 1,082 4,199
1979 400 2,252 721 3,068 1,121 5,320
1980 620 2,872 618 3,686 1,238 6,558
1981 459 3,331 676 4,362 1,135 7,692
1982 357 3,688 640 5,002 998 8,690
1983 491 4,179 771 5,773 1,263 9,952
1984 498 4,677 841 6,614 1,339 11,291
1985 532 5,209 861 7,475 1,393 12,684
1986 458 5,667 996 8,472 1,454 14,139
1987 597 6,264 1,109 9,581 1,706 15,844
1988 536 6,799 1,117 10,697 1,652 17,497
1989 698 7,497 1,215 11,913 1,913 19,410
1990 633 8,130 1,504 13,417 2,137 21,547
1991 588 8,718 1,271 14,688 1,859 23,406
1992 695 9,413 1,596 16,284 2,291 25,697
1993 700 10,113 1,532 17,816 2,232 27,929
1994 675 10,788 1,207 19,024 1,882 29,811
1995 627 11,415 1,514 20,538 2,141 31,952
1996 690 12,105 1,610 22,148 2,300 34,252
1997 na na na na 2,100 26,300
1998 na na na na 2,300 28,600
1999 na na na na 2,400 41,000
2000 na na na na 2,300 43,300
2001 na na na na 2,100 45,500

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, Integrated Data Base Report - 1996: U.S. Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Inventories, Projections, and Characteristics, Revision 13 (DOE, EM, Washington, DC, December 1997).

Note: Data for 1996 excludes 70 metric tons initial heavy metal (MTIHM) of discharged fuel assemblies that are expected to be reinserted. na = not available.

Last Updated on Saturday, October 14, 2000