Underwater fuel disassembly and rod storage

This paper presents the current direction and progress of the underwater fuel disassembly and rod storage system. It shows what equipment has been designed, fabricated, and procurred. The mechanical, radiological, criticality, and thermal design bases and analyses are discussed, and operation procedures are outlined. Out of the cold demonstration tests at the Allied General Nuclear Services and the following hot demonstration tests at utilities, a reliable and efficient system will be developed and made available to compact spent reactor fuel