Safety Related Issues of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage

J. D. B. Lambert (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1402059027 / ISBN 13: 9781402059025

Published by Springer, 2007

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Safety Related Issues of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage | J. D. B. Lambert (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | xi | Englisch | 2007 | Springer | EAN 9781402059025 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Safety Related Issues of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402059027
• ISBN 13: 9781402059025
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 21D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 563 grams
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Synopsis

At a NATO-sponsored workshop in Almaty in September 2005, specialists from the IAEA, Brazil, France, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, USA and Uzbekistan discussed safety-related issues of storing spent nuclear fuel. Fifteen papers dealt with aluminium-clad fuel discharged from research reactors worldwide, five papers were concerned with stainless steel-clad fuel from fast reactors, and two were devoted to Zircaloy-clad fuel from commercial light-water reactors.

Although most attention was focused on fuel behaviour in storage pools, many countries―through lack of space―are beginning to ‘dry store’ spent fuel in an inert atmosphere in shielded casks, and both topics were covered thoroughly at the workshop. Water quality and dryness of the spent fuel, respectively, are the critical factors in avoiding material degradation for the two storage modes. No burning safety-related issue emerged from the twenty-two papers presented; however, the lack of wet storage space at most reactors and concerns regarding possible sabotage remain as issues that need to be periodically addressed.