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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.
Robert J. Campana
Nuclear Technology | Volume 12 | Number 2 | October 1971 | Pages 185-193
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A31026
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A system has been designed for the gas-cooled fast breeder reactor (GCFR) which equalizes the pressure within the fuel rods with the coolant pressure (85 atm of He) in order to eliminate the possibility of creep collapse of the fuel rods. Additional advantages that result from this design are a shortened core, relaxation of cladding tolerances, low coolant circuit activity, capability of identifying and monitoring leaking fuel elements, safer fuel handling and transport, and potential performance improvements. The system employs in-core charcoal fission-product traps and permits reactor operation with leaking fuel elements. A capsule test of the concept in the ORR has been made and results to date indicate that pressure-equalized fuel is practical and will reduce the development required for the GCFR.