International Conference on the Management of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors 2019: Learning from the Past, Enabling the Future

Cernavoda NPP - Management of Spent Fuel

25 Jun 2019, 16:00

30m

Poster Track 2: Spent Fuel and High Level Waste storage and subsequent transportability Track 2 Poster Session (2)

Speaker

Gheorghe Marius Chirea (CNE CERNAVODA)

Description

The nuclear policy of Romania encompasses the development and use of nuclear energy and other nuclear fuel cycle activities, as well as oversight of the development and enforcement of nuclear legislation and regulations to ensure that all nuclear activities are strictly regulated and controlled to the highest standards to ensure public health and safety.
Romania has only one nuclear power plant, Cernavoda NPP, with two units in operation. Cernavoda NPP Units 1 and 2 cover approximately 18% of Romania’s total energy production. The Government has plans to further increase nuclear generating capacity through the commissioning of Units 3 and 4 of the Cernavoda NPP.
The dry storage facility will consist of 27 seismically qualified MACSTOR 200 modules. At present 9 modules are built and in operation. The spent fuel from both operating units will be stored in the MACSTOR 200 modules for minimum 50 years. After this interval the fuel will be transfered to a future disposal facility, whose location and design is not currently decided.

Peer reviewing

Paper

Accepted on 27 May 2019 by Amparo Gonzalez-Espartero

Paper files:

• Cernavoda_NPP_Management_of_Spent_Fuel_2019_ID188.docx