Spent nuclear fuel behavior in long-term dry storage

Conference · Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:127264

Stewart, L ^[1]; Richardson, J ^[2]; McKinnon, M ^[3]

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1. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
2. Raytheon Nuclear, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)
3. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States); and others

The U.S. Department of Energy, through its Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), has been accumulating information and data on the performance of spent nuclear fuel under long-term dry storage conditions using the facilities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). This paper describes the work performed to date and indicates areas of anticipated work that will provide data on spent fuel performance to aid the design of multi-purpose canisters (MPCs) and independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSIs), and to support OCRWM commitments to the International Atomic Energy Agency BEFAST III Program.

• OSTI ID: 127264
• Report Number(s): CONF-9504179-; TRN: 96:004905
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. annual international conference on high level radioactive waste management, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 30 Apr - 5 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of High level radioactive waste management: Proceedings; PB: 811 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
SPENT FUELS
DRY STORAGE
CONTAINERS
CERTIFICATION
SPENT FUEL CASKS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
STORAGE FACILITIES