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Spent Fuel Pools Key Documents: Public Meeting Materials
NEI Used Fuel Management Conference, 2012 (St. Petersburg, FL)
- "Spent Fuel Pool Neutron Absorbing Material Degradation," Emma Wong, NRC
NEI Used Fuel Management Meeting, May 9, 2013 (St. Petersburg, FL)
Public Meeting on Materials Currently in Spent Fuel Pools, February 27, 2009 (Rockville, MD)
Public Meeting on Neutron Absorber Material Degradation Issues, May 6, 2010 (Baltimore, MD)
Public Meeting Workshop on Neutron Absorber Material Degradation in Spent Fuel Pools October 4, 2012 (Rockville, MD)
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Summary
- "Neutron Absorber Material Degradation," P. Hiland, NRC
- "Neutron Absorber Criticality Safety Concern," J. Davis, NRC
- "Overview of Spent Fuel Pool Neutron Absorbing Materials Degradation," E. Wong, NRC
- "The RACKLIFE Methodology," C. Hunt, NRC
- "Assessment of the BADGER Methodology," A. Pulvirenti, NRC
- "Path Forward on Issued of Spent Fuel Pool Neutron Absorbing Material Degradation," E. Wong, NRC
- "Boraflex, Carborundum, and BORAL Degradation Impact on Criticality," K. Waldrop, EPRI
- "Use of RACKLIFE and BADGER and input to Criticality Analysis," J. Dunlap, Exelon
- "Neutron Absorber Surveillance Industry Perspective," Z. Martin, TVA
- "Improved BADGER," M. Eyre, NETCO
- "BORAL Five Year Accelerated Corrosion Test," K. Waldrop, EPRI
- "New Neutron Absorbers," M. Eyre, NETCO
Public Meeting with Neutron Absorber Vendors, March 14, 2013 (Rockville, MD)
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Summary
- Industry Presentations (Ceradyne, Bohler Bleche, Holtec, NETCO, Rio Tinto, Nikkeinkin, Allegheny Technologies, Carpenter Technologies)
Public Meeting on NEI Guidance Document for Spent Fuel Criticality Analyses, October 31, 2013 (Rockville, MD)
Public Meeting to Discuss Draft Generic Letter 2014-XX, "Monitoring of Neutron-Absorbing Materials in Spent Fuel Pools." April 14, 2014 (Rockville, MD)
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