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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.
T. Mankamo, I. S. Kim, P. K. Samanta
Nuclear Technology | Volume 112 | Number 2 | November 1995 | Pages 250-265
Technical Paper | Reactor Operation | doi.org/10.13182/NT95-A35178
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When the systems needed to shut down a nuclear power plant are inoperable or degraded, the risk of shutting down the plant may be comparable to, or even higher than, that of continuing power operation with the equipment inoperable but giving priority to repairs. This concern arises because the plant may have insufficient capability for removing decay heat during the shutdown. However, in many cases, plant technical specifications require immediate shutdown of the plant. Risk-based analyses for various alternatives of operational policy available in such situations are examined. These analyses can be used to define the risk-effective requirements for those standby safety systems.