Fuel consolidation demonstration: program overview. Revision 1

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5714122

EPRI, Northeast Utilities, Baltimore Gas and Electric, and Combustion Engineering have begun a program to develop a spent-fuel consolidation system licensable by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Fuel consolidation offers a means of substantially increasing the capacity of spent-fuel storage pools. This report outlines the work to be performed in the program and briefly describes the consolidation system concept. Seismic structural analysis of the Millstone Unit 2 spent-fuel pool/building storage facility is being performed by Northeast Utilities to determine if adequate capacity exists to withstand the load combinations associated with storage of consolidated fuel in free-standing racks within the spent-fuel pool. Equipment design, development, construction, and testing is being performed by Combustion Engineering in Windsor, Connecticut. Northeast Utilities plans to obtain a license for storage of consolidated fuel in the Millstone Unit 2 spent-fuel storage pool. Northeast Utilities also plans to perform a hot demonstration of the integrated consolidation system with spent fuel at Millstone.

• Research Organization: Northeast Utilities Service Co., Berlin, CT (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5714122
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-4327-Rev.1; ON: TI86920342
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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