This publication is a revision by amendment of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSG-15 and provides recommendations and guidance on the storage of spent nuclear fuel. It covers all types of storage facility and all types of spent fuel from nuclear power plants and research reactors. It takes into consideration the longer storage periods beyond the original design lifetime of the storage facilit…
This book consist : Introduction; Overview of materials considerations in wet storage; Behaviour of stainless steels in wet storage; Aluminium alloys; Carbon steels in wet storage; Copper alloys in wet storage; Fuel materials in wet storage; Radiation effects in wet storage; Water chemistry factors; and Bases for fuel categories. (Jml)