Browsing by Subject "spent nuclear fuel"
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An External Remote Monitoring System for Safeguarding Spent Nuclear Fuel in Interim Dry Cask Storage (2022-03-22)Until a solution for long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is implemented, interim dry cask storage will be used to store SNF from nuclear power reactors. A dry cask housing 32 SNF assemblies will contain several ...
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(2013-02-22)The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) needs to enhance its capabilities for safeguarding spent nuclear fuel (SNF) stored in dry cask storage facilities and for maintaining persistent continuity of knowledge (CoK) ...
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(2011-10-21)A process for recycling spent nuclear fuel cladding, a zirconium alloy (Zircaloy), into a metal powder that may be used for advanced nuclear fuel applications, was investigated to determine if it is a viable strategy. The ...
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(2012-10-19)The ability to quickly and accurately quantify the plutonium (Pu) content in pressurized water reactor (PWR) spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is critical for nuclear forensics purposes. One non-destructive assay (NDA) technique ...
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(2020-07-08)Spent fuel pools at nuclear power reactors are reaching their capacity. Since there is no long-term spent nuclear fuel (SNF) storage solution currently, dry cask storage is practiced in the interim. A single dry cask that ...
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(2016-02-18)The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) safeguards technical objective is the timely detection of a diversion of a significant quantity of nuclear material from peaceful activities to the manufacture of nuclear ...