An independent spent-fuel storage installation at Surry Station: Design and operation

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5202074

McKay, H S; Wakeman, B H; Pickworth, J M ^[1]; Routh, S D; Hopkins, W C ^[2]

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1. Virginia Power Co., Richmond, VA (USA)
2. Bechtel Power Corp., Gaithersburg, MD (USA)

Design and licensing of the Surry Power Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) was initiated in 1982 by Virginia Power as part of a comprehensive strategy to increase spent fuel storage capacity at the Station. Designed to use large, metal dry storage casks, the Surry ISFSI will accommodate 84 such casks with a total storage capacity of 811 MTU of spent PWR fuel assemblies. 16 refs., 33 figs., 16 tabs.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Virginia Power Co., Richmond, VA (USA); Bechtel Power Corp., Gaithersburg, MD (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/RW
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5202074
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-6032; PNL--6843
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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