Engineering Services/Nuclear: Spent Nuclear Fuel Handling,
Shipping and Storage (D&D) MPR personnel are highly experienced in the design, operation and
troubleshooting of nuclear fuel handling equipment, including cranes,
refueling platforms and fuel storage racks. Our expertise includes
design and testing of the equipment to remove fuel from the reactor and
transfer fuel to the spent fuel pool. We have performed design reviews
of problem refueling systems and assisted in the procurement and
installation of replacement equipment. Other MPR experience associated
with nuclear spent fuel handling includes the following:
MPR has also evaluated the technical, economic
and regulatory issues of spent fuel storage based on the experience of U.S. nuclear power
plants. This included a comparison of dry cask storage versus wet storage in fuel pools.
Information contained in the evaluation included detailed data about dry fuel storage in
selected US plants, economic information affecting the choice of pool or dry storage,
the regulations and long-term safety issues related to wet and dry storage, and the
significant problems which have occurred with spent fuel storage, both wet and dry, in the
United States.
Some of our D&D assignments have required extraordinary engineering effort
as well as creative and unconventional approaches. The following pages provide insight to
our experience in a few of the nuclear D&D projects:
Also see the What's New article on
Spent Fuel Casks.
Contact
For further information on MPR's D&D
services with the Department of Energy,
or other engineering services, contact Bob Coward or
Larry Cundy.
More MPR Nuclear Experience
