DOE requests waiver on double containment for HLW canisters

Journal Article · Tue Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Energy Daily; (United States)

OSTI ID:6780565

Lobsenz, G

The Energy Department has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to waive double containment requirements for vitrified high-level radioactive waste canisters, saying the additional protection is not necessary and too costly. NRC said it had received a petition from DOE contending that the vitrified waste canisters were durable enough without double containment to prevent any potential plutonium release during handling and shipping. DOE said testing had shown that the vitrified waste canisters were similar - even superior - in durability to spent reactor fuel shipments, which NRC specifically exempted from the double containment requirement.

• OSTI ID: 6780565
• Journal Information: Energy Daily; (United States), Vol. 22:34; ISSN 0364-5274
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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