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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.
Jason Chao, William H. Layman, Gary Vine
Nuclear Technology | Volume 76 | Number 1 | January 1987 | Pages 113-125
Fourth International Retran Meeting | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A33903
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Several scram setpoints were analyzed for the purpose of reducing scram frequency in a Westinghouse four-loop plant. The results showed that the low-low steam generator (SG) level setpoint can be eliminated when reactor power is 50% or less during a loss of heat sink (LOHS) event. (The LOHS is the basis of this setpoint.) Without this setpoint, the reactor can still scram safely on either high pressurizer pressure or high pressurizer level without lifting the safety valves. The scram signal on the low SG level in coincidence with the signal from a mismatch of steam flow and feedwater flow can also be removed with no adverse effect on safety. This setpoint has never been included in the safety analysis. The results also showed that the power level above which the reactor should be scrammed when there is a turbine trip can be raised from its current value of 10% power to 50% when the condenser is available.