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Preventing Failure in Spent Nuclear Fuel Canisters

Practical Failure Analysis, 2003
A spent nuclear fuel canister has been developed with the goal of no containment failure even during accidental drop conditions. This canister was designed to be loaded with U.S. Department of Energy spent nuclear fuel and then used for interim storage, transportation to the nation’s repository, and final disposal at the repository. The design required
R. K. Blandford, D. K. Morton, T. E. Rahl, S. D. Snow   +3 more
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Classification of Spent Reactor Fuel for Nuclear Forensics

Analytical Chemistry, 2014
In this paper we demonstrate the use of pattern recognition and machine learning techniques to determine the reactor type from which spent reactor fuel has originated. This has been done using the isotopic and elemental measurements of the sample and proves to be very useful in the field of nuclear forensics.
Andrew E, Jones, Phillip, Turner, Colin, Zimmerman, John Y, Goulermas   +3 more
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Dosimetry at an interim storage for spent nuclear fuel

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2007
The Czech nuclear power plant Dukovany started its operation in 1985. All fuel spent from 1985 up to the end of 2005 is stored at a dry interim storage, which was designed for 60 CASTOR-440/84 casks. Each of these casks can accommodate 84 fuel assemblies from VVER 440 reactors. Neutron-photon mixed fields around the casks were characterized in terms of
M, Králík, V, Kulich, J, Studeny, P, Pokorny   +3 more
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Microbiology of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Basins

Current Microbiology, 1998
Microbiological studies of spent nuclear fuel storage basins at Savannah River Site (SRS) were performed as a preliminary step to elucidate the potential for microbial-influenced corrosion (MIC) in these facilities. Total direct counts and culturable counts performed during a 2-year period indicated microbial densities of 10(4) to 10(7) cells/ml in ...
J W, Santo Domingo, C J, Berry, M, Summer, C B, Fliermans   +3 more
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Nuclear Proliferation: The Spent Fuel Problem

Foreign Affairs, 1980
The issue of appropriate management of spent reactor fuel is discussed. Part I of the book consists of an institutional and political analysis by David A. Deese and Frederick C. Williams, in which they develop a model for international spent fuel storage based on the assumption that the international political system changes only incrementally. Part II
Andrew J. Pierre, Frederick C. Williams, David A. Deese   +2 more
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Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel

Physics Today, 2006
New methods being developed for future extraction of plutonium and uranium from nuclear waste incorporate safeguards against weapons proliferation.
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Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuels

1981
Owing to the accumulation of fission products, the depletion of fissile nuclides, and/or changes in the mechanical behavior of the cladding, a nuclear reactor fuel element must be removed from the reactor after a certain period of service, e.g., about 3 years in the case of a LWR. To separate the non-fissioned uranium and the built-up fissile materials
G. N. Walton, E. Merz
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The Scientific Base for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Health Physics, 1993
The main objectives of the Swedish expert seminar on spent nuclear fuel disposal were to identify those safety questions for which there is, or will be, a definitive answer, and to establish the degree of uncertainty surrounding those questions which still cannot be satisfactorily answered.
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Long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel

Nature Materials, 2015
To design reliable and safe geological repositories it is critical to understand how the characteristics of spent nuclear fuel evolve with time, and how this affects the storage environment.
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Storing the world's spent nuclear fuel

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1985
The United States could offer commercial disposal for other nations' spent nuclear fuel without undue difficulty, the authors argue, and could, at the same time, reduce the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation.
Jack N. Barkenbus, Alvin M. Weinberg, Marcelo Alonso   +2 more
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