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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.
Makoto Osaki, Akira Kanagawa
Nuclear Technology | Volume 85 | Number 3 | June 1989 | Pages 274-284
Technical Paper | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34249
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
To examine the performance of the high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter, demonstration tests were performed under several severe conditions. The HEPA filter tested is a 610- × 610- × 292-mm conventional deep-pleat filter, normally used in a fuel reprocessing plant. It was tested under a variety of conditions: in air with concentrated dust (100 mg/m3), at high temperatures (maximum 240°C), in humid air (relative humidity 95% and water mist of 100 mg/m3), in a shock transient (overpressure up to 50 kPa), in a large air flow (pressure drop up to 20 kPa), under severe earthquake conditions (acceleration up to 50 m/s2), and in acid and alkaline mists (6 N HNO3, 5% NaOH, 5% Na2CO3). For reference, the performance of HEPA filters in normal conditions was also measured. The HEPA filter performed efficiently enough, even in such severe conditions as would be encountered in a waste air purification system in the nuclear industry. Some empirical formulas are proposed to express the performance of the filter.