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US Regulatory Recommendations for Actinide-Only Burnup Credit in Transport and Storage Casks

Parks et al., 2005

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Parks C
Withee C
Wagner J
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Proc. IAEA Technical Meeting on Advances in Applications of Burnup Credit to Enhance Spent Fuel Transportation, Storage, Reprocessing and Disposition

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In July 1999, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Spent Fuel Project Office (SFPO) issued Interim Staff Guidance 8 Revision 1 (ISG8R1) to provide recommendations for the use of burnup credit in storage and transport of pressurized-water reactor (PWR) …
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