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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Klaus Janberg, Harry Spilker
Nuclear Technology | Volume 121 | Number 2 | February 1998 | Pages 136-147
Technical Paper | German Direct Disposal Project | doi.org/10.13182/NT98-A2826
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
In Germany, progress has been made in the development of a cask system for final disposal of spent fuel. The requirements for a final disposal cask and the planning requirements for a final repository are discussed, and a cask system is described that meets these requirements. Besides the description of the cask system and the planned inventory, the results of the shielding, criticality, and thermal calculations are described, as well as the results of the drop tests that have been performed with the cask. As a further development, a consolidated spent-fuel canister is described.
