Safety Related Issues of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Strategies For Safe Storage Of Spent Fuel /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lambert, J. D. B. (Editor), Kadyrzhanov, K. K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Electric power production.; Nuclear engineering.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Metals.; Materials Science.; Materials Science, general.; Energy Technology.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Metallic Materials.; Nuclear Engineering.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Strategies for Safe Storage of Spent Fuel
• Spent Nuclear Fuel from Research Reactors: International Status and Perspectives
• Regulatory Approach for Managing Radioactive Waste in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Spent Fuel Management in Poland
• An Overview of Spent Fuel Storage at Commercial Reactors in the United States
• Managing Spent Nuclear Fuel at the Idaho National Laboratory
• Radiological Problems of Spent Fuel Storage
• Assessment of Environmental Impact of Reactor Facilities in Kazakhstan
• Design and Manufacture of Fuel Assemblies for Russian Research Reactors
• Strategy for Handling Spent BN-350 Cesium Traps in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Account and Control of Nuclear Materials at the WWR-SM Reactor in the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Tashkent
• Activities of the Kharkov Institute Related to the Problem of Spent Nuclear Fuel Management
• Technical Issues of Wet and Dry Storage
• Understanding and Managing the Aging of Spent Fuel and Facility Components in Wet Storage
• Long-Term (100–300 Years) Interim Dry Storage for Spent Fuel: Package and Facilities Development Including Safety Aspects and Durability Assessment Program
• Technical Issues of Wet and Dry Storage Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel
• Problems of Nuclear and Radiation Safety of Casks with Spent Fuel during Long-Term Dry Storage
• Trial of Storage Container Technology for Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel
• Interim Storage and Long-Term Disposal of Research Reactor Spent Fuel in the United States
• Materials Stability Issues of Spent Fuel Storage
• Managing Spent Fuel in Wet Storage at the Savannah River Site
• Corrosion of Aluminium Alloy SAV-1 and Austenitic Stainless Steels 12Cr18Ni10Ti and 08Cr16Ni11Mo3—Core Structural Materials for WWR-K and BN-350 Reactors
• Corrosion of Fast-Reactor Claddings by Physical and Chemical Interaction with Fuel and Fission Products
• Corrosion of Research Reactor Aluminum Clad Spent Fuel in Wet Storage
• Influence of Neutron Irradiation on Mechanical and Dimensional Stability of Irradiated Stainless Steels and its Possible Impact on Spent Fuel Storage
• Degradation in Mechanical Properties of Stainless Steels C0.12Cr18Ni10Ti and C0.08Cr16Ni11Mo3—Materials for Hexagonal Ducts of Spent Fuel Assemblies from the BN-350 Fast Neutron Reactor.