slides - ISFSI Security Rulemaking Update
Presented at the NEI Used Fuel Management Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, May 7-9, 2013
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Yankee Companies Urge Federal Government to Remove Used Nuclear Fuel in Wake of Favorable Federal Court Decision
U.S Court of Federal Claims Senior Judge James F. Merow issued a favorable ruling on September 30, 2006 for the three former Yankee nuclear power plants in their litigation with the federal government over its failure to remove used nuclear fuel from the three New England sites. Yankee Vice- President and Chief Financial Officer Michael Thomas said, “While the Court’s decision will need to be reviewed and evaluated, the Yankee companies’ initial reaction to the monetary award is very positive.
Connecticut Yankee Atomic Plant Site Officially Decommissioned by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CY) today announced that it has been notified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that its former plant site has been decommissioned in accordance with NRC procedures and regulations. The NRC has formally approved Connecticut Yankee’s Final Status Survey Reports in accordance with the License Termination Plan. The site under the federal license is now reduced to the approximately 5 acres surrounding the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation site.
slides - Deep Borehole Disposal of Spent Fuel
Presented at the NEI Used Fuel Management Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, May 7-9, 2013
Wyoming Decline of MRS
This letter is written by Former Wyoming Governor Mike Sullivan to inform the Fremont County Commissioners of his conclusion to decline the MRC facility.
slides - Corrosion Monitoring of a Natural Convection Cooled Stored
Presented at the NEI Used Fuel Management Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, May 7-9, 2013
slides - Observations on Key Storage and Transport Technical Issues
Presented at the NEI Used Fuel Management Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, May 7-9, 2013
slides - DOE Nuclear Fuel Storage and Transportation (NFST) Planning Project: System Analysis and Integration Activities
Presented at the NEI Used Fuel Management Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, May 7-9, 2013
U.S. Regulatory Recommendations for Actinide-Only Burnup Credit in Transport and Storage Casks
In July 1999, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Spent Fuel Project Office
(SFPO) issued Interim Staff Guidance 8 Revision 1 (ISG8R1) to provide recommendations for the use
of burnup credit in storage and transport of pressurized-water reactor (PWR) spent fuel. Subsequent to
the issuance of ISG8R1, the NRC Office of Regulatory Research (RES) has directed an effort to
investigate the technical basis for extending the criteria and recommendations of ISG8R1 to allow
