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Spent-fuel dry-storage testing at E-MAD (March 1978-March 1982)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/59740· OSTI ID:59740

From March 1978 through March 1982, spent fuel dry storage tests were conducted at the Engine Maintenance, Assembly and Disassembly (E-MAD) facility on the Nevada Test Site to confirm that commercial reactor spent fuel could be encapsulated and passively stored in one or more interim dry storage cell concepts. These tests were: electrically heated drywell, isolated and adjacent drywell, concrete silo, fuel assembly internal temperature measurement, and air-cooled vault. This document presents the test data and results as well as results from supporting test operations (spent fuel calorimetry and canister gas sampling).

Research Organization:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Advanced Energy Systems Div.
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
59740
Report Number(s):
PNL--4533; AESD-TME--3162; ON: DE83002966
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English