Joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on. Managing spent nuclear fuel at the idaho national laboratory. Spent nuclear fuel from power reactors is unloaded into a waterfilled pool immediately. Joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on the safety of. Joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on the safety of radioactive waste management. Iaea safety standards storage of spent nuclear fuel publications. United states of america sixth national report for the. Stuk s statement and safety assessment on the construction. Spent nuclear fuel storage congressional research service 1 introduction recent events have renewed longstanding congressional interest in safe management of spent nuclear fuel snf and other highlevel nuclear waste. Safety standards are coded according to their coverage. An information management system for spent nuclear fuel interim storage facility karl horak 1, hongnian jow 2, ken sorenson 1, robert finch 1, todd giles 1,3.
Spent fuel interim storage safety has been enhanced the safety of the spent fuel storages was analysed as a part of the eu stress tests in relation to the fukushima daiichi accident. The report captures these expert views and summarises the conclusions on the issues raised on sustainability, safety, nonproliferation and security, economics, public involvement and on the decisionmaking. James wood, no nuclear waste storage facility for sask. Managing spent fuel from nuclear power reactors international. In august 2012, the operator filed an application for manual unloading of the installations. Lambert and others published safety related issues of. The base inventory of 70,000 metric tons consists of 63,000 metric tons heavy metal mthm of commercial spent nuclear fuel, 2,333 mthm of doe spent nuclear fuel, 8,315 canisters of solidified highlevel radioactive waste, and. Management of spent nuclear fuel and its waste jrc publications. Pdf an information management system for spent nuclear. Safety related issues of spent nuclear fuel storage request pdf. Spent fuel held at reprocessing facilities as part of a reprocessing activity is not covered in the scope of this convention unless the contracting party.
The convention applies to spent fuel resulting from the operation of civilian nuclear reactors. The management of spent nuclear fuel in norway has gone through various. The joint convention is the first legal instrument to address the issue of spent fuel and radioactive waste management safety on a global scale. This convention shall apply to the safety of spent fuel management when the spent fuel results from the operation of civilian nuclear reactors. This assessment covered open, partiallyclosed and fullyclosed nuclear fuel cycles. Karl horak 1, todd giles, hongnian jow2, robert finch1, hsienlang chiu3. User manual of the international atomic energy agency iaea, fundamentals of radiation. Division rs iii 3 nuclear waste management, nuclear fuel cycle. The safety of the nuclear fuel cycle nuclear energy agency. Joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management.
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