nuclear power

Transport regulations

Last edited 28 May 2000 at 8:00am

Publication date:

28 May, 2000

Report 7 (135k)

With the spent fuel placed in the transport flasks and ready to be dispatched to Sellafield, the regulations governing the transport then come into play. There are a bewildering range of rules and regulations...

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Transport regulations

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Diagram of transport flasks

Last edited 28 May 2000 at 8:00am

Publication date:

28 May, 2000

AGR Flask with skip to hold assemblies upright and a pair of Magnox flasks from Japan, with shock absorber collars.

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Diagram of transport flasks

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Flask specifications

Last edited 28 May 2000 at 8:00am

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22 March, 2007

Report 4 (148k)

Publication date: May 2000

Summary
Flasks for transporting Magnox and AGR fuel are almost identical. The diagram below shows a typical transport flask, in this case for Magnox fuel, and shows the fuel rods packed horizontally inside the flask in a skip...

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Flask specifications

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The need for transports

Last edited 28 May 2000 at 8:00am

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22 March, 2007

Report 2 (135k)

Publication date: May 2000

Summary
After 40 years of nuclear power the realities of managing the spent fuel from power station reactors have to be faced. There are 2 basic options for the industry, the first being to store and then directly dispose of the fuel (providing a nuclear dump is available) The second is to send it to Sellafield for reprocessing ...

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The need for transports

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Good news for the environment as British Energy calls for an end to 'the economic madness' of nuclear reprocessing

Last edited 11 May 2000 at 8:00am

11 May, 2000

Greenpeace today welcomed the news that British Energy, which manages most of the UK's nuclear power plants, has called for an end to nuclear reprocessing at British Nuclear Fuels' Sellafield plant

Article tagged as: BNFL, british energy, nuclear power, nuclear transports, press releases, reprocessing, sellafield

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BNFL's rescue plan woefully inadequate

Last edited 18 April 2000 at 8:00am

18 April, 2000

Today's response by BNFL to February's three damning inspectors' reports on Sellafield is woefully inadequate, Greenpeace said. The environmental group highlighted the continuing threat to human health and the environment from BNFL's nuclear reprocessing plant and BNFL's failure to address fundamental production and quality control problems.

Greenpeace was responding to BNFL's Chief Executive, Norman Askew, who today announced a major management restructuring and a two-year action plan called "Going Forward Safely".

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Greenpeace/Green Action letter to NII

Last edited 17 April 2000 at 8:00am

Publication date:

25 April, 2000

Dear Chief Inspector,
We are writing to you in advance of British Nuclear Fuel's (BNFL's) report to you on the adoption of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) recommendations contained in the NII report entitled "An investigation into the falsification of pellet diameter data in the MOX Demonstration Facility at the BNFL Sellafield site and the effect of this on the status of MOX fuel in use", UK Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, February 18th 2000...

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