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Conference Article: CASTOR THTR transport/storage casks

Laug, R.W.; Spilker, H. (Gesellschaft fuer Nuklearbehaelter mbH, Essen (Germany)); Sappok, M. (Siempelkamp Giesserei GmbH and Co., Krefeld (Germany))

Abstract

For the management of spent fuel from nuclear power plants, two possibilities are available in Germany. One possibility is the reprocessing of the spent fuel and the realization of a so called closed nuclear fuel cycle, the other is the direct disposal after a period of interim storage, without reprocessing. For the German GCR plants ''THTR 300'' and ''AVR'', only the way of direct disposal is available to date for managing the spent fuel (pebble-bed fuel). For the period of interim storage, dry storage in casks was selected.

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key words: Gas Cooled Reactor, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Technical committee meeting on technologies for gas cooled reactor decommissioning, fuel storage and waste disposal. Juelich (Germany) 8-10 Sep 1997
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--1043, pp:171-177