Spent fuel storage at Prairie Island: January 1995 status
- Northern States Power Co., Minneapolis, MN (United States)
The disposal of spent nuclear fuel has been an issue for the US since the inception of the commercial nuclear power industry. In the past decade, it has become a critical factor in the continued operation of some nuclear power plants, including the two units at Prairie Island. As the struggles and litigation over storage alternatives wage on, spent fuel pools continue to fill and plants edge closer to premature shutdown. Due to the delays in the construction of a federal repository, many nuclear power plants have had to seek interim storage alternatives. In the case of Prairie Island, the safest and most feasible option is dry cask storage. This paper discusses the current status of the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Project at Prairie Island. It provides a historical background to the project, discusses the notable developments over the past year, and presents the projected plans of the Northern States Power Company (NSP) in regards to spent fuel storage.
- OSTI ID:
- 220830
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950197-; TRN: IM9620%%224
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 12. Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) spent fuel seminar, Washington, DC (United States), 13-15 Jan 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of INMM spent fuel management seminar 12: Proceedings; PB: 277 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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