Maine Yankee: Making the Transition from an Operating Plant to an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)

• Main Authors: Norton, W., McGough, M. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: WM Symposia, Inc. 2002
• Subjects: Pwr Type Reactors; Combustion; Capacity; Waste Management; Economics; Nuclear Power Plants; Personnel; Spent Fuel Storage; Rivers; Architects; 11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials; Planning; Electric Power; 12 Management Of Radioactive Wastes; And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities; Engineers; 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants; Decommissioning; Yankee; Back River
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc785829/

The purpose of this paper is to describe the challenges faced by Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company in making the transition from an operating nuclear power plant to an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). Maine Yankee (MY) is a 900-megawatt Combustion Engineering pressurized water re...