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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.
E. U. Khan
Nuclear Technology | Volume 16 | Number 3 | December 1972 | Pages 479-496
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31217
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In order to ensure that data from vessel model flow tests are reliable, it is necessary to simulate hydrodynamically the various reactor components within the vessel, including the core. Modeling of the core is complex because, unlike other internals, a three-dimensional flow distribution must be taken into account. Core simulation criteria have been derived from the basic conservation laws governing fluid motion within the rod bundles that constitute the core. Using the criteria derived, along with any constraints imposed by the test loop, methodology for the design of a model core which hydrodynamically simulates the prototype core to a good degree of accuracy has been developed. Economic and fabrication considerations are taken into account in selecting the final design.