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Spent fuel transfer project completed at INL
Work crews at Idaho National Laboratory have transferred 40 spent nuclear fuel canisters into long-term storage vaults, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has reported.
Dominique Grec
Nuclear Technology | Volume 115 | Number 2 | August 1996 | Pages 208-213
Technical Paper | Characterization of Radioactive Waste in France / Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT96-A35267
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In medium-level waste (MLW) and high-level waste (HLW), the wasteform undergoes self-irradiation due to enclosed radionuclides. This interaction results in the generation of gaseous products and at the same time the possible release of volatile radionuclides by the waste itself. Their accumulation could be a source of safety problems in the production stage and also during interim storage or final disposal. It is necessary to study these phenomena. The principle for monitoring, sampling, and instrumentation equipment for containers (Appareillage de Surveillance, de Prélèvement et d’Instrumentation pour Conteneurs), intended for study and the follow-up of gaseous products released by a waste package, is presented.