TESTING OF SPENT FUEL STORAGE/TRANSPORT PACKAGES IN JAPAN

Year
2007
Author(s)
Toshiari Saegusa - CRIEPI
Chihiro Itoh - Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry Abiko Research Laboratory
Hidetsugu Yamakawa - Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
Koji Shirai - Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
Hirofumi Takeda - CRIEPI, Japan
Masumi Wataru - Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
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Abstract
The present paper introduces current status of spent fuel transport / storage in Japan. It systematically introduces major testings using full-scale casks for spent fuel storage/transport. Some of them have been reported in the past and present PATRAM symposiums. Among them, this paper introduces essence of “Momentary leak from metal cask without impact limiters”, “Heat removal tests” and “Canister drop tests” of concrete cask storage. Finally, it introduces on-going research and testings on spent fuel storage technology for the future.