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Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation: An Examination of Potential Lessons Learned from Prior Shipping Campaigns

Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation: An Examination of Potential Lessons Learned from Prior Shipping Campaigns

Author(s)
McBride, K. ,
Keister, M.
Publication Date

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), as amended, assigned the Department of
Energy (DOE) responsibility for developing and managing a Federal system for the disposal of
spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW). The Office of Civilian
Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is responsible for accepting, transporting, and
disposing of SNF and HLW at the Yucca Mountain repository (if licensed) in a manner that
protects public health, safety, and the environment; enhances national and energy security; and

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Dry Transfer Facility Criticality Safety Calculations

Dry Transfer Facility Criticality Safety Calculations

Author(s)
OCRWM
Publication Date

This design calculation updates the previous criticality evaluation for the fuel handling, transfer, and staging operations to be performed in the Dry Transfer Facility (DTF) including the remediation area. The purpose of the calculation is to demonstrate that operations performed in the DTF and RF meet the nuclear criticality safety design criteria specified in the Project Design Criteria (PDC) Document (BSC 2004 [DIRS 171599], Section 4.9.2.2), the nuclear facility safety requirement in Project Requirements Document (Canori and Leitner 2003 [DIRS 166275], p.

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slides - Industry Response to NRC's Request for Comments on Retrievability, Cladding Integrity and 10 CFR 71/72 Alignment

slides - Industry Response to NRC's Request for Comments on Retrievability, Cladding Integrity and 10 CFR 71/72 Alignment

Author(s)
Levin, A. H.
Publication Date

Presented at the NEI Used Fuel Management Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, May 7-9, 2013

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Foreign Research Reactor West Coast Shipment Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation - Institutional Program External Lessons Learned

Foreign Research Reactor West Coast Shipment Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation - Institutional Program External Lessons Learned

Author(s)
U.S. Department of Energy
Publication Date

The purpose of the Foreign Research Reactor (FRR) Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Shipments Institutional Program was to meet the goals and commitments of the Implementation Strategy Plan for the FRR SNF Shipments. This program provided a systematic approach to planning, implementing, evaluating, and validating preparedness for the first west coast shipment of SNF from Asian countries to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL).

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Overview of the Section 180(c) Program: History, Lessons Learned, and Potential Next Steps

Overview of the Section 180(c) Program: History, Lessons Learned, and Potential Next Steps

Author(s)
Elizabeth Helvey
Publication Date

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is responsible, under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, for the transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from point of origin to destination at a federal storage or disposal facility. Section 180(c), written into the Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1987, requires OCRWM to prepare public safety officials along the routes for these shipments.

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Key Issues Associated with Interim Storage of Used Nuclear Fuel

Key Issues Associated with Interim Storage of Used Nuclear Fuel

Author(s)
Keith Yost ,
Andrew C. Kadak ,
MIT
Publication Date

The issue of interim storage of used (spent)1 fuel is dependent on a number of key factors, some
of which are not known at this time but are the subject of this study. The first is whether or not
the Yucca Mountain Project continues or is cancelled such that it may be able to receive spent
fuel from existing and decommissioned nuclear power stations. The second is whether the United
States will pursue a policy of reprocessing and recycling nuclear fuel. The reprocessing and

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