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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Donghak Kook (KAERI), Yongdeog Kim (KHNP), John Kessler (J. Kessler and Associates, LLC)
Proceedings | 16th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM 2017) | Charlotte, NC, April 9-13, 2017 | Pages 906-913
Nuclear power generation is continuously growing in the Republic of Korea(ROK). However, high nuclear power plants(NPP) density in the relatively small country deteriorates spent nuclear fuel (SNF) management problem. The review of the current status of the SNF inventory, additional storage needs, and the past national histories will help to understand the recent ROK government decision well. Brief introduction to the nuclear organizations for SNF management will be beneficial to project the path forward on the storage, transportation and disposal comprehensively.
