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RE: Chernobyl spent fuel
Fritz,
A fair amount of the Chernobyl 4 spent fuel resides in the "elephant's foot"
of frozen (previously molten) corium that resides in the "basement" of the
reactor building.
Best regards.
Jim Dukelow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
jim.dukelow@pnl.gov
These comments are mine and have not been reviewed and/or approved by my
management or by the U.S. Department of Energy.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fritz Strydom [mailto:FStrydom@NACINTL.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 7:14 AM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Chernobyl spent fuel
Radsafers,
What happened to the spent fuel that had already been discharged from the
Chernobyl-4 reactor? The reactor had only been operating a couple of
years before the accident, but there were a few hundred (maybe 500?)
assemblies stored in the spent fuel pool at the time. I am not familiar
with the layout of the site and whether or not the pool is still in
existence, enclosed in the sarcophagus, etc. Any information would be
appreciated. Thank you.
Fritz
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Johannes "Fritz" Strydom
Deputy Manager, Consulting Products
NAC International
678-328-1258 Fax 678-328-1458
fstrydom@nacintl.com
http://www.1nuclearplace.com
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