Status of Spent Fuel Storage at Savannah River Site
As Savannah River Site continues to be the primary receipt and storage facility for Aluminum based research reactor fuel, a number of facility improvements continue to be implemented which enhance the storage facilities while reducing the long term operating cost. The L basin facility improvements include projects which allow handling of the TN7/2 and LWT casks, a new sandfilter, and a project to modernize the cask handling cranes. Also, a project is under construction that will demonstrate the ability of a melt-dilute process to prepare research reactor fuel for disposal in a national repository. In an effort to provide the most cost effective long term storage of material, a project is underway to de-inventory the RBOF storage basin and provide storage for all future research reactor fuels in L basin.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-96SR18500
- OSTI ID:
- 786605
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-2001-00689
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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