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Deep Isolation validates its disposal canister for TRISO spent fuel
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation announced it has successfully completed Project PUCK, a government-funded initiative to demonstrate the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System (UCS) to manage TRISO spent nuclear fuel.
Joseph R. Petrella, Jr., Timothy Stevenson, Mark Cropper, Paul Sichta, Michael D’Agostino, Moheb Thomas, Xin Zhao, Clarence Hines
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 77 | Number 7 | November 2021 | Pages 493-500
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.1908057
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A safety instrumented system design guided by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard IEC/ISA 61511 has been developed to ensure personnel protection from direct radiation and magnetic field hazards identified for the National Spherical Torus eXperiment–Upgrade (NSTX-U) fusion experiment at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. A layer of protection analysis was performed to develop the performance requirements of the system. A design was developed that incorporated three independent protection layers including configuration-managed safeguards (for electrical hazards), a trapped key system, and a dual chain redundant safety instrumented system. Extensive value engineering was undertaken to supplement existing infrastructure to be compliant with current industry standards and best engineering practices. The development and design of the safety instrumented system is presented.
