Annotated Bibliography for Drying Nuclear Fuel

Rebecca E. Smith

关键词: AR FACILITIES;    CAPACITY;    DRY STORAGE;    DRYING;    INVENTORIES;    NUCLEAR FUELS;    NUCLEAR INDUSTRY;    STORAGE;    UNDERWATER FACILITIES;    SPENT FUELS dry storage;    drying;    spent nuclear fuel;    used nuclear fuel;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1033899
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-11-23561
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1033899
Others  :  TRN: US1200675

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Internationally, the nuclear industry is represented by both commercial utilities and research institutions. Over the past two decades many of these entities have had to relocate inventories of spent nuclear fuel from underwater storage to dry storage. These efforts were primarily prompted by two factors: insufficient storage capacity (potentially precipitated by an open-ended nuclear fuel cycle) or deteriorating quality of existing underwater facilities. The intent of developing this bibliography is to assess what issues associated with fuel drying have been identified, to consider where concerns have been satisfactorily addressed, and to recommend where additional research would offer the most value to the commercial industry and the U. S. Department of Energy.