Sentences with phrase «spent fuel storage»

But it makes no related policy recommendations, saying the Japanese disaster only strengthens the report's call for more research on spent fuel storage.

What is the alternative to on - site spent fuel storage?

Placement of the 24th and final MAGNASTOR ® dry fuel storage system on the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) pad at Kewaunee occurred on June 15, 2017.

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The problem of spent fuel storage Nuclear reactor operators must store spent fuel removed from reactor cores for several years at least, in large pools at reactor sites until the remaining heat from the uranium fuel cools sufficiently.

Since then, three more canisters have been loaded and placed into dry concrete storage known as the independent spent fuel storage installation or «ISFSI.»

In addition, UxC can advise clients in issues related to the back end of the fuel cycle, including profiles of utility spent fuel storage facilities and plans, country profiles, vendor profiles, etc..

Under extreme environmental events — like the one that befell Fukushima — SMR - 160 behaves like a simple, large passively cooled heat exchanger, relying on Holtec International spent fuel storage technology — proven, licensed and employed at over 100 operating nuclear power plants around the world today.

A report to Congress in 2006 by a National Research Council panel investigating terrorist threats to spent fuel storage concluded that «under some conditions,» if a pool were partially or completely drained, that «could lead to a propagating zirconium cladding fire and the release of large quantities of radioactive materials to the environment.»

Thus it remains intact, disarming concerns about long - term spent fuel storage or the theft of nuclear material during refueling or fuel reprocessing, the company said.

After removal from the reactor core, spent fuel assemblies are placed in dedicated spent fuel storage racks in the below ground spent fuel pool, which contains four times more water volume for cooling per fuel assembly than current designs.

The MAGNASTOR ® system is the new generation of dry, multipurpose spent fuel storage technology.

A recent NRC report purports to show that the risks of continued spent fuel storage in pools is very low, but does not, for example, include the possibility of a terrorist attack on the pool.

Top of the list is to introduce passive cooling for spent fuel storage ponds, which would be unaffected by any disruption to the power supply.

Essentially, it foresaw a pilot interim spent fuel storage facility opened by 2021, a larger - scale storage facility (possibly an expansion of the pilot) by 2025, and a geologic disposal facility by 2048 — 50 years after the initial planned opening of Yucca Mountain.

The license approval also includes three spent fuel storage installations and allows Exelon to integrate the operations of the facilities into its existing nuclear fleet.

The NuScale spent fuel pool provides storage for up to 10 years of spent fuel storage, plus temporary storage for new fuel assemblies.

The agreement requires Entergy to make repairs and upgrades to Indian Point and its spent fuel storage system.

Of all the terrible news from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, reports about the spent fuel storage pool for reactor # 4 may be among the most disconcerting for scientists.

Jaczko said the water cover in the spent fuel storage pool at No. 3 may soon be gone too, boiled away or evaporated by the heat from the spent — but still radioactive — fuel rods.

To make the reactor self - sufficient in case of any leakage, including a break in the main circulation pump, it is possible to use additionally the water from the spent fuel storage pool for at least 72 hrs (an extra inventory of about 800 m3).

However, the spent fuel storage pool located inside the containment causes pressurisation inside the containment due to the water boiling out in the pool.

Dr. Walker highlighted the vulnerability of the entire nuclear fuel cycle — from uranium mining to nuclear enrichment to commercial nuclear power to spent fuel storage, transportation, and finally reprocessing.

The source of the leaks can be any number of things, including corroded underground pipes, and leaks in the spent fuel storage pools.