Design and Operation of a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility Using NUHOMS? Technology

by W. J. McConaghy, Pacific Nuclear Fuel Services Inc, San Jose, United States,
R. A. Lehnert, Pacific Nuclear Fuel Services Inc, San Jose, United States,
J. M. Rosa, Pacific Nuclear Fuel Services Inc, San Jose, United States,
R. D. Quinn, Pacific Nuclear Fuel Services Inc, San Jose, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: High Level Radioactive Waste Management 1991

Abstract:

The NUHOMS dry storage system for spent fuel is now in use at two Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (ISFSIs) and a third is under construction. This system can be used for economical storage at the MRS. Multi-assembly canisters may be shipped to the MRS directly from the ISFSI or the reactor spent fuel pool. Canisters also may be loaded with fuel assemblies at the MRS. The interfaces between the ISFSI, the DOE transportation system, and the MRS are described for the NUHOMS system. The design criteria for the NUHOMS systems and the applicability of the criteria to the MRS are also discussed.

Subject Headings: Waste storage | Fuels | Energy storage | Resilient modulus | Nuclear power | Economic factors | Waste treatment

Services: Buy this book/Buy this article

 

Return to search