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NIA contracts the NDA to undertake initial feasibility studies on spent nuclear fuel management
15 June 2010
Our Radioactive Waste Management Directorate (RWMD) has been contracted by the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) on behalf of potential new build operators to undertake some initial feasibility studies to investigate several key issues associated with spent fuel management.
It is expected that this work will be completed within a short timescale of around three months.
The feasibility studies will have the following four strands:
- consideration of alternative Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) design options for new build spent fuel
- issues associated with centralised spent fuel storage
- issues associated with centralised spent fuel packaging
- consideration of alternative spent fuel cask designs
It is intended that the feasibility studies will provide a better understanding of the issues and provide a basis for future consideration of possible alternatives to the current baseline scenario (storage and encapsulation of spent fuel at each new build site).
The scope and direction of the studies is being developed in a collaborative manner with information sharing at a number of project meetings.
A report of this work is planned to be published in the summer 2010.
