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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.
Glenn C. Werth
Nuclear Technology | Volume 11 | Number 3 | July 1971 | Pages 280-302
Technical Paper | Nuclear Explosion Engineering / Nuclear Explosive | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30862
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Seven recent Soviet publications describe their program on the peaceful uses of nuclear explosives. Nine applications are under development: the creation of water reservoirs, control of gas well blowouts, stimulation of oil reservoirs, creation of underground storage, stimulation of gas reservoirs, breaking of rock for underground mining, formation of canals, removal of overburden for mining, and construction of dams. Eleven nuclear projects have been carried out, involving fifteen nuclear explosives. Three applications have been reduced to practice. Nine proposed nuclear projects have been described. In carrying out these projects, the Soviets make extensive technical measurements. Analyses of these measurements, with laboratory model experiments and theoretical work, are used to project the economic benefit to the Soviet economy that is possible by employment of nuclear explosives.