Spent-Fuel Transportation - A Success Story

Conference · Sun Nov 16 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:7125979

Gertz, C. P. ^[1]; Schoonen, D. H. ^[1]; Wakeman, B. H. ^[1]

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1. US Department of Energy (USDOE), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Spent nuclear fuel research and development (R and D) demonstrations and associated transportation activities are being performed as a part of the storage cask performance testing programs at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). These spent-fuel programs support the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) and US Department of Energy (DOE) objectives for cooperative demonstrations with the utilities, testing at federal sites, and alternatives for viable transportation systems. A cooperative demonstration program with the private sector to develop dry storage technologies that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) can generically approve is in place as well as cost-shared dry storage R and D program at a federal facility to collect the necessary licensing data. In addition to the accomplishments in the cask performance and testing demonstrations, the long-distance transportation of a large number of spent-fuel assemblies is considered a success story. The evaluation and implementation of applicable requirements, industry perspective, and extensive planning all contributed to this achievement.

• Research Organization: US Department of Energy (USDOE), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• OSTI ID: 7125979
• Report Number(s): CONF-861102-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Journal Volume: 53
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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