Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage

Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Public Report

Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Public Report
By Committee on the Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage, National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press
Number Of Pages: 126
Publication Date: 2006-01-27
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0309096472
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780309096478
Binding: Paperback

Description

In response to a request from Congress, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Homeland Security sponsored a National Academies study to assess the safety and security risks of spent nuclear fuel stored in cooling pools and dry casks at commercial nuclear power plants. The information provided in this book examines the risks of terrorist attacks using these materials for a radiological dispersal device. Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel is an unclassified public summary of a more detailed classified book. The book finds that successful terrorist attacks on spent fuel pools, though difficult, are possible. A propagating fire in a pool could release large amounts of radioactive material, but rearranging spent fuel in the pool during storage and providing emergency water spray systems would reduce the likelihood of a propagating fire even under severe damage conditions. The book suggests that additional studies are needed to better understand these risks. Although dry casks have advantages over cooling pools, pools are necessary at all operating nuclear power plants to store at least the recently discharged fuel. The book explains it would be difficult for terrorists to steal enough spent fuel to construct a significant radiological dispersal device.

Table of Contents

Front Matter i-x
Note to Readers, Summary for Congress, Executive Summary 1-11
1 Introduction and Background 12-24
2 Terrorist Attacks on Spent Fuel Storage 25-37
3 Spent Fuel Pool Storage 38-59
4 Dry Cask Storage and Comparative Risks 60-74
5 Implementation Issues 75-78
References 79-82
Appendix A: Information-Gathering Sessions 83-86
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 87-91
Appendix C: Tour of Selected Spent Fuel Storage-Related Installations in Germany 92-99
Appendix D: Historical Development of Current Commercial Power Reactor Fuel Operations 100-107
Appendix E: Glossary 108-114
Appendix F: Acronyms 115-116

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