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DOE on track to deliver high-burnup SNF to Idaho by 2027
The Department of Energy said it anticipated delivering a research cask of high-burnup spent nuclear fuel from Dominion Energy’s North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia to Idaho National Laboratory by fall 2027. The planned shipment is part of the High Burnup Dry Storage Research Project being conducted by the DOE with the Electric Power Research Institute.
As preparations continue, the DOE said it is working closely with federal agencies as well as tribal and state governments along potential transportation routes to ensure safety, transparency, and readiness every step of the way.
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J. C. Connor, R. T. Bayard, D. Macdonald, S. B. Gunst
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 29 | Number 3 | September 1967 | Pages 408-414
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A17288
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The neutron-capture resonance integral of 233Pa has been measured by irradiating cadmium-covered thorium wires, and, after suitable chemical separations, determining the quantity of 234U produced. Results are reported for two methods of measuring the irradiating flux. Monitor wires of cobalt in aluminum alloy give integrated fluxes based upon a value of 72.0 b for the resonance integral of 59Co. Alternatively, measurements of the 233U produced by the irradiations give integrated fluxes based upon an effective resonance integral of 36.5 b measured for the 232Th wires. The experiments provide 233Pa resonance integral results of 846 ± 43 b employing cobalt-monitored fluxes, and 837 ± 43 b employing thorium-monitored fluxes. These results, which have an average value of 842 ± 35 b, include the l/ν component of the cross section, and are appropriate for a 1/E spectrum and a perfect filter with a low energy cutoff of 0.50 eV.