Re: DRY STORAGE OF Cs/Sr CAPSULES

["Jim Nicolosi" <jfnicolosi@tds.net>]

Randy...A few years back I did the root cause analysis for the leaking Cs-137 WESF sources at Hanford...As far as I know, wet storage is the preferred methodology.  However, a number of commercial nuclear power plants have built independent spent fuel storage facilities which are dry storage units.  It would seem to me that the same technology could be used for these.

 

Jim Nicolosi

Nuclear Safety Management
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----- Original Message -----

From: Randall_F_Brich@RL.GOV

To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 5:21 PM

Subject: DRY STORAGE OF Cs/Sr CAPSULES

Radsafers:

 

A colleague has asked if I knew of anyone in the world who is dry storing high activity cesium and strontium capsules. Hopefully, someone on Radsafe will know the answer OR will know of other dry storage of high activity material which could be analogous to Cs/Sr capsules.

 

The capsules are in the form of salts (ie, CsCl) and are currently wet-stored at a government facility.

 

Thank you,

 

Randy Brich
Program Integration Manager
Tanks Focus Area
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