Published 1990 | Version v1
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Status of the Virginia Power/DOE Cooperative Cask Testing/Demonstration Program: A video presentation

Creators

  • 1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
  • 2. Department of Energy, Richland, WA (USA). Richland Operations Office

Description

This paper is documentation of a video presentation and provides a brief summary of the Virginia power/US Department of Energy Cooperative Cask Testing/Demonstration Program. The program consists of two phases. The first phase has been completed and involved the unlicensed performance testing (heat transfer and shielding) of three metal spent fuel storage casks at the federally owned Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. The second phase is ongoing and consists of licensed demonstrations of standard casks from two different vendors and of one or two enhanced capacity casks. 6 refs., 1 tab

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; NTIS, PC A02/MF A01 as DE90006125; OSTI; INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
5 p.
Report number
PNL-SA--17731

Conference

Title
7. Institute of Nuclear Materials Management spent fuel management seminar.
Dates
17-19 Jan 1990.
Place
Washington, DC (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21037166
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CASKS; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; DRY STORAGE; EVALUATION; IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING LAB; IMPLEMENTATION; NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; SPENT FUELS
Descriptors DEC
ATOMIC ENERGY LAW; CONTAINERS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; LAW; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTOR MATERIALS; STORAGE; TESTING; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC06-76RL01830
Secondary number(s)
CONF-900161--2.