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Appendix A, Section 1.1

Fuel Name and Type:
Fuel Producer:
Reactor Name:
Location:
Contact Name:
Telephone:
Telefax:
E-mail:

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Appendix A, Section 1.2:
New Fuel Description

Physical Description

1. Fuel Dimensions and Shapes

2. Fuel Components

3. Fuel Configuration as Shipped

4. Fuel Weights

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Appendix A, Section 1.2

Drawings and physical description of fuel rods

The following are preferences of acceptable drawings/descriptions of spent nuclear TRIGA fuels:

1. Fabrication schematics with tabularized physical data

2. Summation drawings (examples follow) with physical
data documented in margins

3. Tabularized physical data with written descriptions

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Appendix A, Section 1.3:
Shipping Package Description

Description of Shipping Process

The information need not be provided if you are using any cask for which facility safety documentation exists at the INEL:

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Appendix A, Section 1.3:
Shipping Package Description

If you are planning to use a different Spent Nuclear Fuel Cask, then two (2) copies of each of the following documentation must be provided:

1. Copy certificate of compliance or certificate of competent authority

2. Safety analysis report for packaging (SARP)

3. Poison, poison inserts, spacers and related certificates

4. Decontamination procedures and precautions

5. Load test certification of lifting/handling components

6. Detailed drawings of package showing at least the following information:

a. Dimensions
b. Weights
c. Surface finish (roughness, painting, coatings,...etc.)
d. Materials of construction
e. Other information pertinent to handling and unloading

7. Drawings of package handling devices showing the following information:

a. Type of load bar or lifting yoke
b. Lid removal tools, sizes and description of lid bolts
c. Special fuel removal tools, if any
d. Crane attachment details
e. Other information pertinent to handling and unloading

8. Descriptive photographs of the package

9. List of handling and loading/unloading equipment furnished

10. Diagrams involving lifting/handling configurations of the cask container including lifting points, boxes, spacers, tie downs

11. Loading/unloading and handling procedures

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Appendix A, Section 2.1:
New Fuel, Fuel Materials Description

1. Fuel Type (Rod, Pellet, etc.)

2. Chemical form and fabrication (UZrHx, UO2, etc.)

3. Initial fissile material enrichment U-235, Pu-, Th, etc. material & weight, % enrichment

Material 1_________
Weight________%________Uncertainty__________

Material 2 _________
Weight________%________Uncertainty__________


4. Fuel additives (Alloys, organics, poisons, etc), weight

Material 1 _________ Weight________%________

Material 2 _________ Weight________%________

Provide weight basis per element

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Appendix A. Section 2.2:
New fuel, Cladding Materials Description

1. Cladding Material (Zr, Al, Stainless Steel,...etc.)

2. Cladding thickness (mm):

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Appendix A, Section 2.3:
Other Materials of Construction

Material 1 _________ Weight________or
%_____Characteristic___________


Material 2 _________ Weight________or
%_____Characteristic___________

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Appendix A, Section 3.1:
Spent Fuel, Operation History

1. Unit identification (ID NO.)___________________________

2. Unit burnup (Cumulative Fission)__________________
Provide as megawatt-days/metric ton of fissile material

3. Operating or burn-up history of the fuel

4. Isotopic listing contributing top 95% of radiation

5. Date of last criticality:_________________________

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Appendix A, Section 3.2:
Spent fuel, Operating History

Physical condition of the fuel elements:

1. Pictures/videos

2. Estimated cladding corrosion with water chemistry

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Appendix A, Section 3.3:
Description of Canned/Recanned Fuel

If you are planning to use a can, or if the spent fuel is already canned, the information and documentation listed under items 1 through 6 of this section (Section 3.3) must be provided.

1. All canned fuel will be opened and repackaged

2. Can must be certified with SARP plus receipt and
shipping facility acceptable