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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.
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M. Hagiwara, T. Itoga, N. Kawata, N. Hirabayashi, T. Oishi, T. Yamauchi, M. Baba, M. Sugimoto, T. Muroga
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 48 | Number 3 | November 2005 | Pages 1320-1328
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A1081
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
To improve the data accuracy of the neutron emission spectra of the natLi(d,xn) reaction that will be used as the neutron source in the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility, the authors have measured the neutron emission spectra from thick and thin lithium targets bombarded by 40-MeV deuterons at the AVF cyclotron (K = 110) facility of Tohoku University. The neutron spectra were measured at nine laboratory angles between 0 and 110 deg with the time-of-flight method using a beam-swinger system and a well-collimated neutron flight channel, obtained over almost the entire energy range of secondary neutrons using a two-gain method. The data obtained revealed the shape and angular dependence of emission spectra up to the high-energy region called a "high-energy tail." The experimental results are compared with other experimental data and calculations.