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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.
Watch the DOE’s latest video outlining the project here.
Janos Fazekas, Mirko Mamuzic
Nuclear Technology | Volume 38 | Number 1 | April 1978 | Pages 75-82
Technical Paper | Low-Temperature Nuclear Heat / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT78-A16158
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A nuclear power station is planned to be built and operated for many years before a district heating system for the nearby city of Basle will have grown sufficiently large to be connected to the station. The design changes on the plant that will allow a retrofit for heat generation and that will not jeopardize the plant construction and operation as a purely electrical power plant until that time have been identified. Turbine extraction, layout, and piping routing are practically the only characteristics that need to be changed at the time of construction. As compared with the total plant costs, only a small additional investment is needed for these changes. Further investments will have to be made in the future when the actual heating station is added to the plant. Estimated heat generation costs justify the decision to carry out the design changes needed now to assure the feasibility of a simple future retrofit.