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Disposal Concepts/Thermal Load Management (FY11/12 Summary Report)
Disposal Concepts/Thermal Load Management (FY11/12 Summary Report)
This report is part of study to identify reference geologic disposal concepts for generic studies in the Used Fuel Disposition R&D Campaign. This report summarizes the work on both enclosed and open modes, which has been expanded to include thermal analysis of open modes, a range of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) burnup, additional disposal system description, and cost estimation.
NUREG-1617, Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for Spent Nuclear Fuel
NUREG-1617, Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for Spent Nuclear Fuel
The Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for Spent Nuclear Fuel provides NRC guidance for the review and approval of applications for packages used to transport spent nuclear fuel under 10 CFR Part 71.
Lessons Learned from the West Valley Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipment within the United States
Lessons Learned from the West Valley Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipment within the United States
This paper describes the lessons learned from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) transportation of
125 DOE-owned commercial spent nuclear fuel (SNF) assemblies by railroad from the West Valley Demonstration
Project to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). On July 17, 2003, DOE made
the largest single shipment of commercial SNF in the history of the United States. This was a highly visible and
political shipment that used two specially designed Type B transportation and storage casks. This paper describes
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS AND RISKS OF TRANSPORTING SPENT FUEL BY BARGE
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS AND RISKS OF TRANSPORTING SPENT FUEL BY BARGE
The purpose of this study is to analyze the costs and risks associated with transporting spent fuel by barge. The barge movements would be made in combination with rail movements to transport spent fuel from plants to a repository. For the purposes of this analysis, three candidate repository sites are analyzed: Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Deaf Smith, Texas, and Hanford, Washington. This report complements a report prepared by Sandia National Laboratories in 1984 that analyzes the costs and risks of transporting spent
fuel by rail and by truck to nine candidate repository sites.
Spent Fuel Assembly Hardware: Characterization and 10 CFR 61 Classification of Waste Disposal Volume 1
Spent Fuel Assembly Hardware: Characterization and 10 CFR 61 Classification of Waste Disposal Volume 1
This report (PNL-6906 Vol. 1) documents activation measurements and comparison with calculations for spent fuel assembly hardware.
Considerations for Disposition of Dry Cask Storage System Materials at End of Storage System Life
Considerations for Disposition of Dry Cask Storage System Materials at End of Storage System Life
Dry cask storage systems are deployed at nuclear power plants for used nuclear fuel (UNF)
Storage and Transport Cask Data for Used Commercial Nuclear Fuel 2013 U.S. Edition
Storage and Transport Cask Data for Used Commercial Nuclear Fuel 2013 U.S. Edition
This document is a compilation of publically-available information on spent/used nuclear fuel storage and transport casks in use in the United States as of the summer of 2013. As such, it is a functional update and extension of JAI-582, “Shipping and Storage Cask Data For Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel,” originally published by JAI Corporation in March 2005[1]. This report is intended to provide a convenient reference for those with interest in, or those engaged in the production, handling, storage, transport, and disposition of spent/used commercial nuclear fuel.
Nuclear Waste Management: Key Attributes, Challenges, and Costs for the Yucca Mountain Repository and Potential Alternatives
Nuclear Waste Management: Key Attributes, Challenges, and Costs for the Yucca Mountain Repository and Potential Alternatives
The Yucca Mountain repository is designed to provide a permanent solution for managing nuclear waste, minimize the uncertainty of future waste safety, and enable DOE to begin fulfilling its legal obligation under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act to take custody of commercial waste, which began in 1998. However, project delays have led to utility lawsuits that DOE estimates are costing taxpayers about $12.3 billion in damages through 2020 and could cost $500 million per year after 2020, though the outcome of pending litigation may affect the government’s total liability.
Regulatory Guide 1.60
Regulatory Guide 1.60
<p>Regulatory Guide 1.60 DESIGN RESPONSE SPECTRA FOR SEISMIC DESIGN OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS</p>
Spent fuel storage and transport cask decontamination and modification
Spent fuel storage and transport cask decontamination and modification
This publication is a compilation of international experience with cask contamination problems
and decontamination practices. The objective is to represent current knowledge and experience as well
as developments, trends and potential for new applications in this field. Furthermore, the report may
assist in new design or modification of existing casks, cask handling systems and decontamination
equipment. The annexes contain figures of several cask types for illustration.
Gap Analysis to Support Extended Storage of Used Nuclear Fuel
Gap Analysis to Support Extended Storage of Used Nuclear Fuel
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<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">This report fulfills the M1 milestone M11UF041401, “Storage R&D Opportunities Report” under Work Package Number FTPN11UF0414. </span></p>
Performance Specification and Rationale for the Standardized Transportation, Aging, and Disposal Canister Systems
Performance Specification and Rationale for the Standardized Transportation, Aging, and Disposal Canister Systems
Performance Specification: This performance specification document addresses use of a standardized transportation, aging, and
disposal (STAD) canister system in the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) waste management system. This
document was developed to support STAD canister system studies and potential research, development,
and demonstration activities. Requirements in this specification may evolve with time based on results
from analyses, experiments, design studies, system evaluations and demonstrations, as well as other
factors.
Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Handling in Air Study
Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Handling in Air Study
This CSNF handling study evaluates the handling of CSNF in air and packaging activities. It evaluates a facility design, further identifies the fuel performance issues, develops the consequences, and presents the operational considerations associated with the routine handling of CSNF in air. Emphasis is on the process of oxidation of
uranium dioxide fuel and additional oxidation-driven failure of fuel assembly cladding. Key
issues are identified, and plans to address these issues are proposed.
Task Order 21: Operational Requirements for Standardized Dry Fuel Canister Systems UPDATED FINAL REPORT
Task Order 21: Operational Requirements for Standardized Dry Fuel Canister Systems UPDATED FINAL REPORT
Per the requirements of the Task Order 21: Operational Requirements for Standardized Dry Fuel Canister Systems, Statement of Work (SOW), EnergySolutions and its team partners: NAC International, Booz Allen Hamilton and Exelon Nuclear Partners, hereafter referred to as “the Team”, is providing for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) an Updated Final Report, which documents the results from the studies performed.
[AREVA] Task Order 17 - Cask Design Study Final Report
[AREVA] Task Order 17 - Cask Design Study Final Report
Under Task Order 17 of the industry Advisory and Assistance Contract to the Department of
Energy (DOE) DE-NE0000291, the AREVA Team has provided a conceptual design for a
reusable transportation cask (the 6625B-HB) capable of transporting BWR and PWR used
nuclear fuel (UNF) assemblies, including high burnup UNF. These assemblies can be shipped
either as bare fuel or fuel loaded into damaged fuel canisters (DFCs). The 6625B-HB cask has
been designed with reasonable assurance it can be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory
[EnergySolutions] Task Order 12: Standardized Transportation, Aging and Disposal Canister Feasibility Study
[EnergySolutions] Task Order 12: Standardized Transportation, Aging and Disposal Canister Feasibility Study
This report documents the concepts, feasibility, advantages, disadvantages and recommendations for STAD canister systems developed by EnergySolutions and its team of partners: NAC International, Talisman International, Booz Allen Hamilton, TerranearPMC, Exelon Nuclear Partners and Sargent & Lundy, hereafter referred to as “the Team”.
[Energy Solutions] Task Order 17- Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Cask Design Study
[Energy Solutions] Task Order 17- Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Cask Design Study
Per the requirements of the Task Order 17: Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Cask Design
Study, statement of work (SOW), EnergySolutions and its team partners: NAC International,
Talisman International, Booz Allen Hamilton and Exelon Nuclear Partners, hereafter referred to
as “the Team”, is providing a final report for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) review, which
documents the cask concepts developed under this study and the results of supporting analysis
work.
Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project Inventory Basis
Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project Inventory Basis
This report provides information on the inventory of commercial spent nuclear fuel, referred to herein as used nuclear fuel (UNF), as well as Government-owned UNF and high-level radioactive waste (HLW). Actual or estimated quantitative values for current inventories are provided along with inventory forecasts derived from examining a different future commercial nuclear power generation scenarios. The report also includes select information on the characteristics associated with the wastes examined (e.g. type, packaging, heat generation rate, decay curves).
[EnergySolutions] Task Order 11: Development of Consolidated Storage Facility Design Concepts
[EnergySolutions] Task Order 11: Development of Consolidated Storage Facility Design Concepts
The “Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste” report was issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) in January 2013. The strategy includes a phased, adaptive, and consent based approach to siting and implementing a comprehensive management and disposal system. It also endorses a waste management system containing a pilot interim storage facility and a full-scale interim storage facility, which prioritizes the acceptance of fuel from shut-down reactors. Required features of the system and facilities are:
[AREVA] Task Order 11 – Development of Consolidated Fuel Storage Facility Concepts Report
[AREVA] Task Order 11 – Development of Consolidated Fuel Storage Facility Concepts Report
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Under a contract with the Department of Energy (DOE), the AREVA Team has evaluated the alternatives for developing a used nuclear fuel (UNF) Consolidated Storage Facility (CSF) for UNF from US reactor plants. The study, based upon specific criteria and requirements for the US, considered numerous credible storage options and selected the one that met the needs of the country. For this task, the AREVA Team comprises AREVA, URS, Duke Energy, Dominion, and Coghill Communications, Inc.
1.1 Purpose
[Shaw] Final Report - Task Order No. 11 - Development of Consolidated Storage Facility Design Concepts
[Shaw] Final Report - Task Order No. 11 - Development of Consolidated Storage Facility Design Concepts
This report has been prepared by the industry team of Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure,
Inc. (Shaw) and Longenecker & Associates (L&A) in response to the Department of Energy
(DOE) Statement of Work, “Development of Consolidated Storage Facility Design
Concepts,” indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity Task Order No. 11, as specified by the
DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy.
A Project Concept for Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation
A Project Concept for Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation
The Department of Energy (DOE) issued its Strategy for the Management and Disposition of Used
Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in January 2013. DOE undertook studies and analyses
to determine systems and design concepts as a preliminary step to further defining systems, equipment,
and facilities to implement the Strategy. This report uses the work performed by industry and national
laboratories and configures system components to meet the requirements of the Strategy. The project
Used Fuel Management System Architecture Evaluation, Fiscal Year 2012
Used Fuel Management System Architecture Evaluation, Fiscal Year 2012
In the 1990s the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) completed a number of system analyses investigating consolidated interim storage as a part of the waste management solution. These analyses are “dated” and do not reflect the present situation regarding at-reactor used nuclear fuel (UNF) management, alternatives for away from reactor management of used nuclear fuel, and alternatives for the ultimate disposal of UNF.
Dry Cask Inventory Assessment, Rev. 1
Dry Cask Inventory Assessment, Rev. 1
The report, Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste Inventory Report(FCRD-NFST-2013-000263, Rev.3), provides information on the inventory of commercial spent fuel, referred to in this report as used nuclear fuel (UNF), as well as Government-owned UNF and High Level Waste (HLW) in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex. Inventory forecasts for commercial UNF were made for a few selected scenarios of future commercial nuclear power generation involving the existing reactor fleet including one scenario involving reactors under construction.