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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.
Hirofumi Nakamura, Toshihiko Yamanishi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 4 | November 2011 | Pages 1527-1530
Interaction with Materials | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12723
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Possibility of metal coatings on F82H as the tritium permeation reduction coating was examined by means of deuterium permeation experiment. Metal coatings such as copper, aluminum and gold plating of 10 m thickness on outer surface of the F82H tube (250mm length, 10mm diameter and 1mm thickness) were prepared as the permeation reduction coating. Permeation Reduction Factor (PRF) of the metal coatings was evaluated by comparing the steady state permeation flux between metal plated specimens and F82H specimen. As the results, the PRF of the metal coatings at 590K were 5, 100 and >1000 for copper, aluminum and gold plating, respectively. Those results indicate the possibility that aluminum and gold plating could be applied in the tritium system as the tritium permeation reduction method.
