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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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Harry J. Otway, Ronald K. Lohrding, Morris E. Battat
Nuclear Technology | Volume 12 | Number 2 | October 1971 | Pages 173-184
Technical Paper | Reactor Siting | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A31025
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A method for estimating the risk from reactor installations is presented and applied to the Omega West Reactor, an 8-MW(th) research reactor at Los Alamos, New Mexico. The method, which considers both accident probabilities and the probability of various wind and weather conditions, estimates individual risk as a function of direction and distance from the reactor and estimates the total detriment to the community as a consequence of reactor accidents. The somatic risk due to thyroid carcinoma from 131I uptake, the somatic risks of leukemia and other neoplasms from whole body irradiation, the genetic risk, and nonspecific life shortening were considered. The individual somatic risk at the nearest habitation was found to be 5 × 10−10/year and the total detriment to the community (all the above risks summed over the total population) was 4.5 × 10−4 death per year of reactor operation.