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

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

OSTI ID:5853444

McKay, H S; Wakeman, B H; Pickworth, J M; Routh, S D; Hopkins, W C

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. The ISFSI is located at the Surry Station in a wooded area approximately 1000 meters (3300 feet) east of the reactor facilities. Construction of the first of three reinforced concrete storage pads and its associated support systems was completed in March 1986. The operating license and Technical Specifications were issued by the US NRC on July 2, 1986. Initial loading operations of a General Nuclear Systems, Inc., CASTOR V/21 storage cask began in September 1986. The first two CASTOR V/21 casks were placed in storage at the ISFSI in December 1986. 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)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5853444
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-6032; PNL-6843
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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