We are pleased to announce the successful loading this fall of our 2,000th聽spent fuel dry storage system, which occurred as a part of the ongoing campaign at Entergy鈥檚 Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) facility. 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023鈥檚 HI-STORM dry storage systems have been in service at ANO since 2003. ANO utilizes the MPC-37 multi-purpose canister, each containing 37 PWR fuel assemblies featuring a prismatic basket made entirely of 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023鈥檚 patented Metamic-HT material in an egg-crate configuration, which is notable for its superb heat rejection, reactivity control and structural strength capabilities.
鈥淲e appreciate the strong partnership that we at Entergy have with 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023. Arkansas Nuclear One is an important facility for our company, the industry, the state of Arkansas and the Russellville community, and having the 2,000th聽spent fuel dry storage system is a key milestone for our continued safe, secure and reliable operations,鈥� says Entergy鈥檚 Chief Nuclear Officer, Ms. Kimberly Cook-Nelson.
The 2000th聽cask is an important milestone for 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023鈥檚 used fuel management program, which has been embraced by 149 nuclear units around the world. Each storage system is customized to maximize the safety metrics for its host site. Thus, we have casks deployed in a physically constrained configuration at sites with severe postulated earthquakes (over 1 g horizontal). Most are arrayed outdoors but some are housed in a sheltered enclosure. Most feature the standard single wall canister deemed to be leak-tight by the USNRC and others feature the double wall canister (based on a 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023 patent) to drive the probability of leakage to a fraction of the infinitesimal levels acceptable to the Regulator. Some are stored in impenetrable subterranean storage cavities. In every case, maximizing every safety metric of the storage system is our paramount consideration.
鈥淲e are grateful for the stout support that our company continues to receive from our clients that now number 149 nuclear reactors in 14 countries. We are proud to observe that ours is the听辞苍濒测听dry storage program where every canister is聽transportable,聽which means 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023鈥檚 customers will not face the cost and dose to repackage their fuel for off-site transport. We have also licensed a consolidated interim storage facility in New Mexico which beckons US government action to aggregate 75 storage sites into one,鈥� says P.K. Chaudhary, SVP in 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023鈥檚 Nuclear Power Division.聽
Over 200 patents safeguard 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023鈥檚 dry storage innovations which are rendered into physical embodiments at our three nuclear pedigree manufacturing plants in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Some well-known 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023 innovations and pioneering achievements in dry storage include the industry鈥檚 first multi-purpose canister, the first dual purpose metal cask, the first transport cask qualified for high burn-up and mixed-oxide fuel, the first double wall canister, the first portable robotic MPC welder and the first application of laser peening to vastly extend a canister鈥檚 service life in challenging (such as marine) environments.
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