MAKING THE CASE FOR SAFE STORAGE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME: COMBINING NEAR-TERM EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES WITH LONGER-TERM CONFIRMATORY DEMONSTRATIONS

MAKING THE CASE FOR SAFE STORAGE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME: COMBINING NEAR-TERM EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES WITH LONGER-TERM CONFIRMATORY DEMONSTRATIONS

The need for extended storage of used nuclear fuel is increasing globally as disposition schedules for used fuel are pushed further into the future. This is creating a situation where dry storage of used fuel may need to be extended beyond normal regulatory licensing periods. While it is generally a...

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Main Authors: KEN B. SORENSON, BRADY HANSON
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-08-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Subjects:
Used Nuclear Fuel
Extended Storage
High Burnup
Confirmatory Demonstration
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573315300280
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spelling doaj-a7b8dbe44a1d478ab7389853f2261d812020-11-24T22:26:39ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332013-08-0145442142610.5516/NET.06.2013.707MAKING THE CASE FOR SAFE STORAGE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME: COMBINING NEAR-TERM EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES WITH LONGER-TERM CONFIRMATORY DEMONSTRATIONSKEN B. SORENSON0BRADY HANSON1Manager, Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies Sandia National Laboratories, Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185 U.S.A.Storage & Transportation R&D Manager Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Box 999, Richland, WA 99352 U.S.A.The need for extended storage of used nuclear fuel is increasing globally as disposition schedules for used fuel are pushed further into the future. This is creating a situation where dry storage of used fuel may need to be extended beyond normal regulatory licensing periods. While it is generally accepted that used fuel in dry storage will remain in a safe condition, there is little data that demonstrate used fuel performance in dry storage environments for long periods of time. This is especially true for high burnup used fuel. This paper discusses a technical approach that defines a process that develops the technical basis for demonstrating the safety of used fuel over extended periods of time.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573315300280Used Nuclear FuelExtended StorageHigh BurnupConfirmatory Demonstration
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MAKING THE CASE FOR SAFE STORAGE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME: COMBINING NEAR-TERM EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES WITH LONGER-TERM CONFIRMATORY DEMONSTRATIONS
Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Used Nuclear Fuel
Extended Storage
High Burnup
Confirmatory Demonstration
author_facet KEN B. SORENSON
BRADY HANSON
author_sort KEN B. SORENSON
title MAKING THE CASE FOR SAFE STORAGE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME: COMBINING NEAR-TERM EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES WITH LONGER-TERM CONFIRMATORY DEMONSTRATIONS
title_short MAKING THE CASE FOR SAFE STORAGE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME: COMBINING NEAR-TERM EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES WITH LONGER-TERM CONFIRMATORY DEMONSTRATIONS
title_full MAKING THE CASE FOR SAFE STORAGE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME: COMBINING NEAR-TERM EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES WITH LONGER-TERM CONFIRMATORY DEMONSTRATIONS
title_fullStr MAKING THE CASE FOR SAFE STORAGE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME: COMBINING NEAR-TERM EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES WITH LONGER-TERM CONFIRMATORY DEMONSTRATIONS
title_full_unstemmed MAKING THE CASE FOR SAFE STORAGE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME: COMBINING NEAR-TERM EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES WITH LONGER-TERM CONFIRMATORY DEMONSTRATIONS
title_sort making the case for safe storage of used nuclear fuel for extended periods of time: combining near-term experiments and analyses with longer-term confirmatory demonstrations
publisher Elsevier
series Nuclear Engineering and Technology
issn 1738-5733
publishDate 2013-08-01
description The need for extended storage of used nuclear fuel is increasing globally as disposition schedules for used fuel are pushed further into the future. This is creating a situation where dry storage of used fuel may need to be extended beyond normal regulatory licensing periods. While it is generally accepted that used fuel in dry storage will remain in a safe condition, there is little data that demonstrate used fuel performance in dry storage environments for long periods of time. This is especially true for high burnup used fuel. This paper discusses a technical approach that defines a process that develops the technical basis for demonstrating the safety of used fuel over extended periods of time.
topic Used Nuclear Fuel
Extended Storage
High Burnup
Confirmatory Demonstration
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573315300280
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