Evaluation of Storage for Transportation Equipment, Unfueled Convertors, and Fueled Convertors at the INL for the Radioisotope Power Systems Program

S. G. Johnson ; K. L. Lively

关键词: CAPACITY;    CASKS;    EFFICIENCY;    EVALUATION;    HEAT SOURCES;    MAINTENANCE;    POWER SYSTEMS;    RADIOISOTOPES;    STORAGE;    TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems;    Convertors;    Storag;   

DOI  :  10.2172/984546
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-10-18869
PID  :  OSTI ID: 984546
Others  :  TRN: US1005976

学科分类：核能源与工程

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This report contains an evaluation of the storage conditions required for several key components and/or systems of the Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) Program at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). These components/systems (transportation equipment, i.e., type ???B??? shipping casks and the radioisotope thermo-electric generator transportation systems (RTGTS), the unfueled convertors, i.e., multi-hundred watt (MHW) and general purpose heat source (GPHS) RTGs, and fueled convertors of several types) are currently stored in several facilities at the Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) site. For various reasons related to competing missions, inherent growth of the RPS mission at the INL and enhanced efficiency, it is necessary to evaluate their current storage situation and recommend the approach that should be pursued going forward for storage of these vital RPS components and systems. The reasons that drive this evaluation include, but are not limited to the following: 1) conflict with other missions at the INL of higher priority, 2) increasing demands from the INL RPS Program that exceed the physical capacity of the current storage areas and 3) the ability to enhance our current capability to care for our equipment, decrease maintenance costs and increase the readiness posture of the systems.