Sentences with phrase «irradiated fuel»
"Irradiated fuel" refers to fuel, such as uranium or plutonium, that has been exposed to high levels of radiation in a nuclear reactor. This radiation transforms the fuel, causing it to release energy in the form of heat, which is used to produce electricity. Full definition
In addition, millions of people across the nation also would be endangered by transportation of 4,000 shipments, totaling 40,000 metric tons of irradiated fuel (about the amount that has been created by all the nation's nuclear power plants).
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Under a Westinghouse contract, NAC provided comprehensive services to transport irradiated fuel from Exelon's Braidwood nuclear power plant (Illinois) to the Studsvik hot cell in Sweden for post-irradiation examination.
The fuel engineering in ENUSA covers all technical aspects of the lifetime of the nuclear fuel, from conceptual development and introduction of new products for irradiation in commercial PWR and BWR reactors to fuel storage and transport in dry casks as irradiated fuel.
We have extensive and proven expertise in irradiated fuel management and transporting nuclear materials.
Attempting to remove irradiated fuel years ago before shoring up the building and proving the capability of the transfer equipment would have been irresponsible.
Private Fuel Storage (PFS) is a consortium of eight nuclear utilities that since 1996 has pursued using reservation land of the Skull Valley Band of Goshutes about 45 miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah for the «temporary» storage of irradiated fuel.
Irradiated fuel from Nuclear Electric's advanced gas cooled reactors was expected to be processed at Sellafield, in the thermal oxide reprocessing plant, which still needs government approval to begin operating.
Instead, Nuclear Electric is considering storing the irradiated fuel in a specially constructed dry store on the Sizewell site.
The storage cavities contain the irradiated fuel bundles in welded multi-purpose canisters, with over-packs and hardened against extenuating threats such as a crashing aircraft or an incident missile.
Response: The storage facility, which is located below ground, contains most of the irradiated fuel rods at an SMR - 160 plant site.
Response: The Fukushima accident happened when flooding of power plant safety systems caused by the tsunami prevented operation of pumps needed to cool the nuclear fuel within the reactor and the fuel storage pools, causing that irradiated fuel to overheat.
The truth is that the irradiated fuel in the Unit 4 spent fuel pool does pose some hazard and the prudent management of that risk is to remove it from its present location to a safer, more secure location.