RUSSIAN-ORIGIN HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL SHIPMENT FROM BULGARIA
In July 2008, the Global Threat Reduction Initiative and the IRT 2000 research reactor in Sofia, Bulgaria, operated by the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (INRNE), safely shipped 6.4 kilograms of Russian origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) spent nuclear fuel (SNF) to the Russian Federation. The shipment, which resulted in the removal of all HEU from Bulgaria, was conducted by truck, barge, and rail modes of transport across two transit countries before reaching the final destination at the Production Association Mayak facility in Chelyabinsk, Russia. This paper describes the work, equipment, organizations, and approvals that were required to complete the spent fuel shipment and provides lessons learned that might assist other research reactor operators with their own spent nuclear fuel shipments.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE - NNSA
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 968576
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-09-15741; TRN: US0904714
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: INMM 50th Annual Meeting,Tucson, Arizona,07/12/2009,07/16/2009
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM
NUCLEAR ENERGY
NUCLEAR FUELS
ORIGIN
PRODUCTION
REMOVAL
RESEARCH REACTORS
SPENT FUELS
TRANSPORT
Global Threat Reduction Initiative
GTRI
HEU
Highly enriched uranium
INRNE
Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy
RRRFR
Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return Program
SNF
Spent nuclear fuel