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On-site dry fuel storage at Gentilly-1

Conference · · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5466861
Gentilly-1 is a 250-MW(e) heavy water moderated boiling light water reactor situated in Gentilly, Quebec, approx. 140 km east of Montreal. The station is currently being decommissioned to a modified storage with surveillance condition. As part of the decommissioning activities, the irradiated fuel discharged from the reactor and stored in the station spent fuel bay is being removed and placed into concrete canisters for dry interim storage until such time as an underground repository is built.
OSTI ID:
5466861
Report Number(s):
CONF-851115-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 50
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English