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Title: Spent fuel storage requirements: an update of DOE/NE--0002

Abstract

This report presents a range of storage estimates based upon information provided by the utilities. A planning base has been developed representing the additional storage capacity necessary to enable continued reactor operation with full core discharge capability. (DMC)

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Research Org.:
Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5257655
Report Number(s):
DOE/SR-0007
ON: DE82014886; TRN: 82-012969
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; PLANNING; SPECIFICATIONS; CAPACITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PONDS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; REACTORS; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; STORAGE; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE STORAGE; 052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage

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None. Spent fuel storage requirements: an update of DOE/NE--0002. United States: N. p., 1981. Web. doi:10.2172/5257655.
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abstractNote = {This report presents a range of storage estimates based upon information provided by the utilities. A planning base has been developed representing the additional storage capacity necessary to enable continued reactor operation with full core discharge capability. (DMC)},
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year = {Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
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