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The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 2 | October 1989 | Pages 470-477
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Health Physics and Environmental Release / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27739
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The effort involved in determining the location and quantity of reactor fuel remaining in the nuclear auxiliary systems of the auxiliary/fuel handling building at Three Mile Island Unit 2 is discussed. The overall approach identifying the most likely locations for reactor fuel, the gamma-ray spectrometry system used, and the radiation transport computer codes and numerical analysis techniques used is also discussed. The results of the measurements show that a very small quantity of reactor fuel remains in the makeup and purification and the waste disposal liquid systems.