Performance Specification for Standardized Transportation, Aging, and Disposal Canister Systems (Rev.2)
- Beckman and Associates, Inc., Belle Vernon, PA (United States)
- Enviro Nuclear Services, LLC, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Gutherman Technical Services, LLC, Belleair Beach, FL (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
This performance specification document addresses use of a standardized transportation, aging, and disposal (STAD) canister system in the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) waste management system. This document was developed to support STAD canister system studies and potential research, development, and demonstration activities. Requirements in this specification may evolve with time based on results from analyses, experiments, design studies, system evaluations and demonstrations, as well as other factors. A STAD canister system consists of a canister, together with a storage or aging overpack/module/vault, a shielded transfer cask (STC), a site transporter, a transportation overpack, and a transportation skid. Three sizes of circular cross section STAD canister variants are specified in this document. The small STAD canister capacity is four pressurized water reactor (PWR) or nine boiling water reactor (BWR) SNF assemblies. The medium STAD canister capacity is 12 PWR or 32 BWR SNF assemblies. The large STAD canister capacity is 21 PWR or 44 BWR SNF assemblies. Using standardized canisters for SNF facilitates the interface between storage at an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) or a DOEowned interim storage facility (ISF), transportation between facilities, and disposal at a repository. Multiple STAD canisters may be stored in a single storage overpack and/or a single transportation overpack. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements currently used for storage and transportation are adopted for the STAD canister system. Approved approaches (guidance) in NRC storage and transportation documents are also adopted as requirements for the STAD canister system to facilitate obtaining NRC Certificates of Compliance (CoCs) for STAD canister systems. Performance specifications in this document are also informed by STAD canister disposability in various geologic media and consideration of ISF (and geologic repository) handling facility design, operations, and licensing requirements.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1207056
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM--2015/251; FCRD- NFST-2014-000579; AF5865020; NEAF346; FCRD-NFST-2014-000579 R2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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