Description

The design criteria are the same as for the canister for vitrified waste. The canister is constructed from cast steel and has either 4 or 9 channels to hold PWR (UO2 and MOX) or BWR fuel elements.

OPA Category

Category as used in the OPA assessment

SF/HLW canister

OPA Number

Number as used in the OPA assessment

1.01.1

Waste Relevance

Classes of waste to which this FEP is relevant

SF

NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)

Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999

1.1.07, 2.1.03