Technical Exchange on the Fabrication of MOX Fuel; March 26, 1997
Washington DC: Nuclear Energy Institute, 1997. Xerox-type of agenda and presentation vugraphs. Binderclipped loose pages. Unpaginated, approximately 150 pages. Very scarce surviving meeting materials. Some pages of inferior copy quality but are quite readable. This meeting was held near the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and was foundational to the U.S. MOX decisions. This package of materials includes a copy of the agenda and copies of each presentation listed on the agenda. These are: Site Infrastructure & Building Feasibility Review for a MOX Fabrication Facility by Damian Peko, Office of Fissile Materials Disposition, U. S. Department of Energy; BNFL MOX Fabrication and Licensing Experience by Bryen Martin, BNFL; Belgonucleaire MOX Fabrication and Licensing Experience by Michel Debauche, Manager, MOX Plant Engineering, Belgonucleaire; COGEMA, Inc. MOX Fabrication and Licensing Experience, by Gerard Lebastard, Director, International Business, COGEMA, and Siemens Power Corp. MOX Fabrication and Licensing Experience by Carl A. Duckwitz, Consultant. Marvin Fertel, Vice President, Suppliers, International and Fuels, Nuclear Energy Institute welcomed the attendees at the start and summarized the discussion at the end (no vugraphs associated with his remarks). The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed a contract with Duke COGEMA Stone & Webster (DCS), now called Shaw AREVA MOX Services (MOX Services or the applicant), to design, build, and operate a Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF). On February 28, 2001, the applicant submitted a request to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to construct a MFFF on the DOE's Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. On March 30, 2005, the Commission issued the construction authorization (CA). Two years after the CA was issued the construction started. In 2006, MOX Services submitted a license application to possess and use byproduct and special nuclear material (SNM) at the MFFF. When the facility is authorized to use and possess SNM, it will take surplus weapon-grade plutonium, remove impurities, and mix it with uranium oxide to form MOX fuel pellets for reactor fuel assemblies. These assemblies will be irradiated in commercial nuclear power reactors. Following irradiation, the resulting spent fuel would contain plutonium in a form less usable for nuclear weapons. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: Mixed Oxide, MOX, Plutonium, Fuel Fabrication, COGEMA, BNFL, Belgonucleaire, Siemens Power Corporation, Fissile Materials Disposition, Fabrication Facility, Building Feasibility Review, Nuclear Licensing
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