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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.
Michael Nishimura, Yu Liu, Liqian Li, Karen Colins
Nuclear Technology | Volume 195 | Number 2 | August 2016 | Pages 169-180
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NT15-159
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With the advancement of computer and communication technologies, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are increasingly used in nuclear and space applications, both of which may require operation in a high-intensity radiation environment. Gamma rays’ damaging mechanisms in semiconductor devices are described as, and specifically linked to, semiconductor property changes in detectors, transistors, and integrated circuits. Radiation damage is cumulative and can result in the premature failure of WSN nodes. Failed WSN nodes decrease the quality of service of the entire WSN and then delay immediate response to severe accidents. This paper focuses on evaluating the performance of WSN routing protocols in a gamma-ray radiation environment. The probability density function of a Weibull distribution was used to model failures of individual nodes in simulated WSNs. The distribution parameters are based on results of radiation damage tests performed on semiconductor devices in the Gamma-220 facility (60Co source) at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. Simulation of the routing protocols [LEACH (Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy), LEACH-C (LEACH-Centralized), Stat-Clus (Static Clustering), MTE (Minimum Transmission Energy), and PEGASIS (Power-Efficient Gathering in Sensor Information Systems)] through NS2 (Network Simulator 2) and the resulting performance analyses could provide useful design insights and considerations for nuclear and space applications. The performance of WSN routing protocols is evaluated for the first time in a gamma-ray radiation environment for nuclear and space applications.