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Title: AGING SYSTEM DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

Abstract

This plan provides an overview, work to date, and the path forward for the design development strategy of the Aging cask for aging commercial spent nuclear fuel (CSNF) at the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) repository site. Waste for subsurface emplacement at the repository includes US Department of Energy (DOE) high-level radioactive waste (HLW), DOE SNF, commercial fuel in dual-purpose canisters (DPCs), uncanistered bare fuel, naval fuel, and other waste types. Table 1-1 lists the types of radioactive materials that may be aged at YMP, and those materials that will not be placed in an aging cask or module. This plan presents the strategy for design development of the Aging system. The Aging system will not handle naval fuel, DOE HLW, MCOs, or DOE SNF since those materials will be delivered to the repository in a state and sequence that allows them to be placed into waste packages for emplacement. Some CSNF from nuclear reactors, especially CSNF that is thermally too hot for emplacement underground, will need to be aged at the repository.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
841254
Report Number(s):
170-PLN-HA00-00100-000-000
ENG.20050207.0040, DC#43926; TRN: US0601416
DOE Contract Number:  
AC28-01RW12101
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; AGING; CASKS; CONTAINERS; DESIGN; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; NUCLEAR FUELS; POSITIONING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTORS; WASTES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN

Citation Formats

Beesley, J. AGING SYSTEM DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.2172/841254.
Beesley, J. AGING SYSTEM DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/841254
Beesley, J. 2005. "AGING SYSTEM DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/841254. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/841254.
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abstractNote = {This plan provides an overview, work to date, and the path forward for the design development strategy of the Aging cask for aging commercial spent nuclear fuel (CSNF) at the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) repository site. Waste for subsurface emplacement at the repository includes US Department of Energy (DOE) high-level radioactive waste (HLW), DOE SNF, commercial fuel in dual-purpose canisters (DPCs), uncanistered bare fuel, naval fuel, and other waste types. Table 1-1 lists the types of radioactive materials that may be aged at YMP, and those materials that will not be placed in an aging cask or module. This plan presents the strategy for design development of the Aging system. The Aging system will not handle naval fuel, DOE HLW, MCOs, or DOE SNF since those materials will be delivered to the repository in a state and sequence that allows them to be placed into waste packages for emplacement. Some CSNF from nuclear reactors, especially CSNF that is thermally too hot for emplacement underground, will need to be aged at the repository.},
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year = {Mon Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2005},
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