Enum: WasteFacilityTypeEnum

Types of nuclear waste management facilities

URI: valuesets:WasteFacilityTypeEnum

Permissible Values

Value	Title	Meaning	Description	Containment Period	Cooling Medium	Disposal Depth	Disposal Requirements	Example	Institutional Control	Location	Materials	Methods	Output	Processes	Purpose	Scale	Storage Duration	Storage Type	Transportation	Waste Category
SPENT_FUEL_POOL	Spent Fuel Pool		Water-filled pool for cooling spent fuel		water					typically at reactor site							5-10 years typical
DRY_CASK_STORAGE	Dry Cask Storage		Air-cooled storage in sealed containers		air circulation					on-site or centralized							20-100 years
CENTRALIZED_INTERIM_STORAGE	Centralized Interim Storage Facility		Large-scale interim storage away from reactor sites													multiple reactor's worth of fuel	decades		rail or truck access required
LOW_LEVEL_WASTE_DISPOSAL	Low-Level Waste Disposal Site		Near-surface disposal for low-level waste			near-surface (<30 meters)			100 years minimum											Class A, B, C low-level waste
GREATER_THAN_CLASS_C_STORAGE	Greater Than Class C Storage		Storage for waste exceeding Class C limits				deep disposal likely required											interim storage pending disposal		greater than Class C waste
TRANSURANIC_WASTE_REPOSITORY	Transuranic Waste Repository		Deep geological repository for TRU waste			deep underground		Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)												transuranic waste
HIGH_LEVEL_WASTE_REPOSITORY	High-Level Waste Repository		Deep geological repository for high-level waste	thousands of years		typically >300 meters														high-level waste, spent fuel
WASTE_TREATMENT_FACILITY	Waste Treatment Facility		Facility for processing and conditioning waste										treated waste for disposal	incineration, compaction, solidification	volume reduction, stabilization
DECONTAMINATION_FACILITY	Decontamination Facility		Facility for cleaning contaminated materials								equipment, clothing, tools	chemical, physical decontamination			remove radioactive contamination

Slots

Name	Description
waste_facility_type	Type of nuclear waste management facility

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: WasteFacilityTypeEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Types of nuclear waste management facilities
title: Waste Facility Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  SPENT_FUEL_POOL:
    text: SPENT_FUEL_POOL
    description: Water-filled pool for cooling spent fuel
    annotations:
      cooling_medium:
        tag: cooling_medium
        value: water
      location:
        tag: location
        value: typically at reactor site
      storage_duration:
        tag: storage_duration
        value: 5-10 years typical
    title: Spent Fuel Pool
  DRY_CASK_STORAGE:
    text: DRY_CASK_STORAGE
    description: Air-cooled storage in sealed containers
    annotations:
      cooling_medium:
        tag: cooling_medium
        value: air circulation
      storage_duration:
        tag: storage_duration
        value: 20-100 years
      location:
        tag: location
        value: on-site or centralized
    title: Dry Cask Storage
  CENTRALIZED_INTERIM_STORAGE:
    text: CENTRALIZED_INTERIM_STORAGE
    description: Large-scale interim storage away from reactor sites
    annotations:
      scale:
        tag: scale
        value: multiple reactor's worth of fuel
      storage_duration:
        tag: storage_duration
        value: decades
      transportation:
        tag: transportation
        value: rail or truck access required
    title: Centralized Interim Storage Facility
  LOW_LEVEL_WASTE_DISPOSAL:
    text: LOW_LEVEL_WASTE_DISPOSAL
    description: Near-surface disposal for low-level waste
    annotations:
      waste_category:
        tag: waste_category
        value: Class A, B, C low-level waste
      disposal_depth:
        tag: disposal_depth
        value: near-surface (<30 meters)
      institutional_control:
        tag: institutional_control
        value: 100 years minimum
    title: Low-Level Waste Disposal Site
  GREATER_THAN_CLASS_C_STORAGE:
    text: GREATER_THAN_CLASS_C_STORAGE
    description: Storage for waste exceeding Class C limits
    annotations:
      waste_category:
        tag: waste_category
        value: greater than Class C waste
      storage_type:
        tag: storage_type
        value: interim storage pending disposal
      disposal_requirements:
        tag: disposal_requirements
        value: deep disposal likely required
    title: Greater Than Class C Storage
  TRANSURANIC_WASTE_REPOSITORY:
    text: TRANSURANIC_WASTE_REPOSITORY
    description: Deep geological repository for TRU waste
    annotations:
      waste_category:
        tag: waste_category
        value: transuranic waste
      disposal_depth:
        tag: disposal_depth
        value: deep underground
      example:
        tag: example
        value: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
    title: Transuranic Waste Repository
  HIGH_LEVEL_WASTE_REPOSITORY:
    text: HIGH_LEVEL_WASTE_REPOSITORY
    description: Deep geological repository for high-level waste
    annotations:
      waste_category:
        tag: waste_category
        value: high-level waste, spent fuel
      disposal_depth:
        tag: disposal_depth
        value: typically >300 meters
      containment_period:
        tag: containment_period
        value: thousands of years
    title: High-Level Waste Repository
  WASTE_TREATMENT_FACILITY:
    text: WASTE_TREATMENT_FACILITY
    description: Facility for processing and conditioning waste
    annotations:
      purpose:
        tag: purpose
        value: volume reduction, stabilization
      processes:
        tag: processes
        value: incineration, compaction, solidification
      output:
        tag: output
        value: treated waste for disposal
    title: Waste Treatment Facility
  DECONTAMINATION_FACILITY:
    text: DECONTAMINATION_FACILITY
    description: Facility for cleaning contaminated materials
    annotations:
      purpose:
        tag: purpose
        value: remove radioactive contamination
      materials:
        tag: materials
        value: equipment, clothing, tools
      methods:
        tag: methods
        value: chemical, physical decontamination
    title: Decontamination Facility