Spent Fuel Moved to Another Site?

[UncaBuffalo]

I thought I remembered hearing that one of the defunct plants got permission to send their fuel offsite (to another plant's spent fuel pool, or...?) instead of putting it in dry cask storage.  I drew a blank googling it.  Does anyone know of something like that happening?  (Seems like it was 15 or 20 years ago, but...)




(I know Fort St. Vrain wanted to send their fuel to INL, but that got shot down.  Maybe that's what I'm thinking of...)

[tr]

The (slightly) spent fuel from Shoreham supposedly ended being bought by Susquehanna.

Some plant in the east (maybe Harris) received spent fuel from one of the companies other plants.

[UncaBuffalo]

The (slightly) spent fuel from Shoreham supposedly ended being bought by Susquehanna.

Thanks for that lead.  Further googling revealed this:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE4D91E3CF936A2575AC0A965958260

(Seems the fuel is headed to Limerick...when/if Shoreham can jump through the right hoops...)

[UncaBuffalo]

Some plant in the east (maybe Harris) received spent fuel from one of the companies other plants.

Maybe Harris is the one I was thinking of...you were dead-on about them taking fuel from the other CP&L plants:

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2000/00-185.html



Thanks tr

[tr]

Some spent fuel from SONGS 1 is at the GE fuel recycling plant in Morris IL.  Spent fuel from SONGS 1 was also shipped to both SONGS 2 and SONGS 3.

[MeterSwangin]

SONGS Unit 1 fuel formerly stored at Units 2/3 is located in dry fuel canisters on the Unit 1 property.

[xynergy]

Really close on the responses, but no cigar.

Shoreham fuel (ever so slightly 'burned') went to Limerick for free.  It was cheaper than storing it dry.  We also looked as sending it to AREVA for reprocesssing and even had costs for doing so.  Clinton's DOE buddies stopped us dead in our tracks.  Instead there were a number of rail shipments through NYC to Limerick.

SONGS 1 trans-shipped fuel on site using IF-300 casks to Units 2 and 3.  Eventually they ran out of storage space and went dry.

Harris was designed for four (4) units with a common 'cross-shaped' fuel pool (the pools could be inter-connected).  Since only one (1) unit was built Harris technically had four times as much storage space as needed.  Robinson was one of the first ISFSI demo plants along with Surry (using metal cask storage).  CP&L owned a IF-300 cask and bought a second with the idea of trans-shipping fuel to Harris from both Brunswick and Robinson.  They made some shipments but the problem is that it is very cost prohibitive using the IF-300 cask since its capacity is so small.  They have gone to dry storage at Robinson and will probably do the same at Brunswick.

Millstone also looked into to trans-shipment from Unit 2 to Unit 3.  It was approved by the ACRS, but it was also about the time that Millstone 1 'mis-placed' a couple of spent fuel rods so it never occurred.  Instead they went dry.

Indian Point is currently looking into trans-shipment between Unit 2 and Unit 3, but only because they don't have crane capacity.  They would use a smaller cask to trans-ship the fuel, but then use the large storage casks to take it out and store it dry on site.

When you run all of the numbers, the only way to go is dry fuel storage, but only if you select the correct technology.  It is sort of like the ol' Midas muffler commercials - you can pay me now or really pay me a heck of a lot more later.

[HydroDave63]

SONGS 1 trans-shipped fuel on site using IF-300 casks to Units 2 and 3.  Eventually they ran out of storage space and went dry.

Dry storage was part of the decommissioning plan that SCE and the CPUC worked out in the early 90s.

You might want to check where your cigars have been....

[fueldryer]

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The fuel went by barge around the eastern tip of Long Island, there were no rail shipments through New York City,.......

I was there, you are a poser,...

Get off my forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[IPREGEN]

Shoreham fuel (ever so slightly 'burned') went to Limerick for free.  It was cheaper than storing it dry. 

You have to quit making this stuff up. Long Island Lighting Company, LILCO, paid 50 million to Philadelphia Electric for Limerick to get the fuel. Long Island wanted no fuel at all on the property.

[spentfuel]

Duke did a spent fuel transfer from Oconee to McGuire back in the early 80's

From what I recall it was just as McGuire was going hot and ONS was out of space with the plans for Dry cask storage still on the drawing board.

Think it was around 300 assemblies involved

maybe that what you recall UNCB

sf