[en] This paper identifies some of the current issues concerning the Cask maintenance Facility (CMF), which is required to maintain the Federal Waste Management System (FWMS) spent fuel cask fleet in certified conditions for safety and operational effectiveness. The basic functions that the CMF should perform whether or not the MRS is a part of the FWMS are enumerated. Commonalities of function between the MRS and the CMF are identified, and an assessment made of the effect of consolidating their functions at a single facility on siting, design, licensing, construction, operations and decommissioning. Arguments for and against colocating the CMF at the MRS are presented. Observations are made on other options that are available to the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) for meeting system cask maintenance needs other than at the MRS

[en] This paper provides (a) an overview of the range of feasible Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) facility transfer and storage configurations that are available to the US DOE, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), and (b) a preliminary qualitative assessment of alternative configurations that identifies those proven or reasonably available technologies that appear to best meet the anticipated mission and functional requirements of the MRS. Twenty four spent fuel transfer options are discussed each of which can be configured with one or more of the 5 individual dry storage modes included in the assessment. A summary is provided of the recent work that has been performed on the MRS facility design program by OCRWM in preparation for the start of Title I - Preliminary Design, slated for October, 1991