Requirements for canisters used for delivery of spent nuclear fuel and associated materials to DOE (Department of Energy) under standard disposal contracts
The Department of Energy (DOE) is studying prospective changes to the waste acceptance criteria contained in the Standard Contract which involve consideration of the possible acceptance of failed fuel, consolidated fuel rods, compacted structural parts resulting from at reactor consolidation operations, and other non-fuel bearing materials on the same scheduling basis as used for standard fuel under the existing Standard Contract. During the course of these studies it has become clear that all such forms of spent fuel and related wastes would have to be delivered to DOE (and stored at the reactor) in a container having an envelope about the same as the fuel assemblies from which the fuel forms originated. Thus, the first objective of the DOE effort has been to develop draft requirements for canisters to be used by utilities (and others) to deliver the foregoing forms of spent fuel and related wastes. These draft requirements have been completed and are included in this paper.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Johnson (E.R.) Associates, Inc., Oakton, VA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/NE; DOE/RW
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 6561181
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/Sub-89-SD841/3; JAI-340; ON: DE91000520; TRN: 91-000710
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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