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DOE on track to deliver high-burnup SNF to Idaho by 2027
The Department of Energy said it anticipated delivering a research cask of high-burnup spent nuclear fuel from Dominion Energy’s North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia to Idaho National Laboratory by fall 2027. The planned shipment is part of the High Burnup Dry Storage Research Project being conducted by the DOE with the Electric Power Research Institute.
As preparations continue, the DOE said it is working closely with federal agencies as well as tribal and state governments along potential transportation routes to ensure safety, transparency, and readiness every step of the way.
Watch the DOE’s latest video outlining the project here.
M. A. Mahdavi, S. L. Allen, M. E. Fenstermacher, R. Maingi, M. J. Schaffer, R. D. Stambaugh, M. R. Wade
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 48 | Number 2 | October 2005 | Pages 1072-1082
Technical Paper | DIII-D Tokamak - Plasma Heat and Particle Exhaust | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A1061
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The pioneering research on the Doublet-III (DIII) tokamak and its upgrade the DIII-D has contributed significantly to understanding of the physics of divertor plasmas and the development of the modern poloidal divertor. The earliest experimental investigations of the "class of open divertors" were carried out on DIII and DIII-D tokamaks. Divertor advances on these devices include the discoveries of the "high-recycling regime" and divertor impurity enrichment via induced scrape-off-layer flow. Density control was achieved, and high-confinement modes were discovered with the aid of an innovative in-vessel cryopump. In this paper, we present a review of research and development on the DIII and DIII-D tokamaks that has contributed to the development of the modern poloidal divertor, emphasizing the aspects that are of importance to the next-generation tokamak devices.