Feasibility study on an underwater sealing system for the spent fuel storage basket container

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985 · J. Nucl. Mater. Manage.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5370881

Takahashi, S; Ochiai, K; Segawa, T

In the spent fuel receiving and storage area of the Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the spent fuel, which is enclosed with the storage basket container, is stored for cooling in the spent fuel storage pool for a long time. Some safeguards measures are required in order to prove that the spent fuel has not been diverted during its storage. As one of the measures, the feasibility of an underwater sealing system, which is useful for rationalizing and reducing safeguards inspection work and, at the same time, has enough reliability on safeguards, has been investigated. The results of the study and problems identified are described here.

• Research Organization: Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp.
• OSTI ID: 5370881
• Report Number(s): CONF-850765-
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Mater. Manage.; (United States), Vol. 14:3; Conference: 26. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 21 Jul 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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