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Radiolytic and Thermal Processes Relevant to Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuels (Final Report for September 8, 1997-September 8, 2000).

DE2004831160

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Marschman, S. C.; Orlando, T. M.; Petrik, N. G.; Madey, T. E.; Cowin, J. P.
Page Count	24
Abstract	The scientific and engineering demands of the Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Restoration and Waste Management tasks are enormous. For example, several thousand metric tons of metallic uranium spent nuclear fuel (SNF) remain in water storage awaiting disposition. Of this inventory, 2300 metric tons are N-Reactor fuel that have been stored for up to 24 years in the Hanford, Washington KBasins. No significant precautions were taken to prevent the fuel from corroding since the fuel rods were intended to be reprocessed. Termination of reprocessing has left these fuels stranded in prolonged water storage and an appreciable quantity of the fuel has corroded. In addition, other defense fuels including the aluminum-clad fuels at the Savannah River Site and Idaho National Engineering Laboratory have corroded during interim storage in water. In 1994, the DOE began to implement a strategy for moving water-stored Hanford fuels into dry interim storage and a Record of Decision 1 ( ROD) documenting this action was put forth by the Department of Energy on March 4, 1996. Several documents 1-4 including this ROD and the final environmental impact statement (FEIS)1, evaluated and documented concerns regarding the potential for releases of radionuclides to the environment.
Keywords	Radioactive waste management Containers Spent nuclear fuels Dry storage Fuel elements Fuel rods Kinetics Matrices Radioisotopes Radiolysis Stabilization Uranium Nuclear fuels
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200515

Radiolytic and Thermal Processes Relevant to Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuels (Final Report for September 8, 1997-September 8, 2000).

Radiolytic and Thermal Processes Relevant to Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuels (Final Report for September 8, 1997-September 8, 2000).
DE2004831160

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Marschman, S. C.; Orlando, T. M.; Petrik, N. G.; Madey, T. E.; Cowin, J. P.
Page Count	24
Abstract	The scientific and engineering demands of the Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Restoration and Waste Management tasks are enormous. For example, several thousand metric tons of metallic uranium spent nuclear fuel (SNF) remain in water storage awaiting disposition. Of this inventory, 2300 metric tons are N-Reactor fuel that have been stored for up to 24 years in the Hanford, Washington KBasins. No significant precautions were taken to prevent the fuel from corroding since the fuel rods were intended to be reprocessed. Termination of reprocessing has left these fuels stranded in prolonged water storage and an appreciable quantity of the fuel has corroded. In addition, other defense fuels including the aluminum-clad fuels at the Savannah River Site and Idaho National Engineering Laboratory have corroded during interim storage in water. In 1994, the DOE began to implement a strategy for moving water-stored Hanford fuels into dry interim storage and a Record of Decision 1 ( ROD) documenting this action was put forth by the Department of Energy on March 4, 1996. Several documents 1-4 including this ROD and the final environmental impact statement (FEIS)1, evaluated and documented concerns regarding the potential for releases of radionuclides to the environment.
Keywords	Radioactive waste management Containers Spent nuclear fuels Dry storage Fuel elements Fuel rods Kinetics Matrices Radioisotopes Radiolysis Stabilization Uranium Nuclear fuels
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200515