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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.
Mehmet Saglam, Joe J. Sapyta, Stewart W. Spetz, Lawrence A. Hassler
Nuclear Technology | Volume 147 | Number 1 | July 2004 | Pages 8-19
Technical Paper | Thoria-Urania NERI | doi.org/10.13182/NT03-29
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The objective is to develop equilibrium fuel cycle designs for a typical pressurized water reactor (PWR) loaded with homogeneously mixed uranium-thorium dioxide (ThO2-UO2) fuel and compare those designs with more conventional UO2 designs.The fuel cycle analyses indicate that ThO2-UO2 fuel cycles are technically feasible in modern PWRs. Both power peaking and soluble boron concentrations tend to be lower than in conventional UO2 fuel cycles, and the burnable poison requirements are less.However, the additional costs associated with the use of homogeneous ThO2-UO2 fuel in a PWR are significant, and extrapolation of the results gives no indication that further increases in burnup will make thoria-urania fuel economically competitive with the current UO2 fuel used in light water reactors.