Published 2015 | Version v1
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CASTOR ® and CONSTOR ®. A well established system for the dry storage of spent fuel and high level waste

Creators

  • 1. GNS Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear-Service mbH, Essen (Germany)

Description

The German company GNS Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear-Service mbH today looks back on more than 30 years of operational experience with dual-purpose casks for the transport and storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from nuclear power plants and high level waste (HLW) from reprocessing. Following customer demands, GNS developed two different cask types for SNF. By now, almost 1,300 GNS-casks are in operation worldwide. This article gives an overview over several national and international projects and shows the bandwidth of customised solutions by GNS.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
VGB PowerTech
Journal Volume
95
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 52-57
ISSN
1435-3199

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
46062960
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Descriptors DEI
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; SPENT FUELS; STORAGE FACILITIES
Descriptors DEC
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; FUELS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTOR MATERIALS; STORAGE; WASTES; WESTERN EUROPE