Status of DOE MPC Implementation Program
- Duke Engineering and Services, Charlotte, NC (United States)
- DOE, Washington, DC (United States)
In mid-1992, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) initiated a study to determine the potential costs and benefits of incorporating into the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System a multipurpose canister (MPC) concept. The Edison Electric Institute and other utility industry organizations had earlier identified possible benefits of such a concept. As originally envisioned by OCRWM, the MPC would be a relatively thin-walled metal canister designed to hold multiple fuel assemblies, on the order of 20 pressurized water reactor or 40 boiling water reactor assemblies. After being placed in a shielded transfer cask, the MPC would be loaded with fuel, removed from the pool and dried, welded shut, and inerted. The MPC could then be inserted into appropriate over-packs for storage, transportation, and, eventually, disposal. Thus, the MPC concept appeared to offer the potential to reduce the number of times individual spent-fuel assemblies would have to be handled. This fact, in turn, suggested other benefits to the overall spent-fuel management system.
- OSTI ID:
- 6962717
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-931160-; CODEN: TANSAO
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 69; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, San Francisco, CA (United States), 14-18 Nov 1993; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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