Showing posts with label Spent nuclear fuel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spent nuclear fuel. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Nuclear Engineering; Study results from S. Levy and colleagues in the area of nuclear engineering published

Nuclear Engineering; Study results from S. Levy and colleagues in the area of nuclear engineering published

617 words/3 November 2009/Science Letter/SCLT/52/English/(c) Copyright 2009 Science Letter via NewsRx.com

2009 NOV 4 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research published in the journal Nuclear Engineering and Design, "Interim, centralized, engineered (dry cask) storage facilities for USA light water power reactor spent nuclear fuel (SNF) should be implemented to complement and to offer much needed flexibility while the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is funded to complete its evaluation of the Yucca Mountain License and to subject it to public hearings. The interim sites should use the credo reproduced in Table 1 [Bunn, M., 2001."