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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.
T. R. Allen, K. Sridharan, L. Tan, W. E. Windes, J. I. Cole, D. C. Crawford, Gary S. Was
Nuclear Technology | Volume 162 | Number 3 | June 2008 | Pages 342-357
Technical Paper | Materials for Nuclear Systems | doi.org/10.13182/NT08-A3961
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The U.S. Department of Energy is sponsoring the Generation IV Initiative in the United States for the purposes of developing future-generation nuclear energy systems. Six systems have been selected for Generation IV consideration: gas-cooled fast reactor, lead-cooled fast reactor, molten salt-cooled reactor, sodium-cooled fast reactor, supercritical water-cooled reactor, and very high temperature reactor. Critical to the development of Generation IV concepts is successful development and deployment of materials that operate successfully in the aggressive operating environments envisioned in the Generation IV concepts. This paper summarizes the Generation IV operating environments and describes materials challenges and potential solutions, including crosscutting solutions applicable to multiple Generation IV concepts.