Vermont Yankee Announces Selection of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023’s HI-STORM 100 Cask System

This °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 Highlight reflects the July 13, 2015 announcement submitted by Martin Cohn, Senior Communications Specialist, Vermont Yankee and published by The Recorder of Greenfield, Mass.

Entergy Vermont Yankee has selected the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 HI-STORM 100 dry storage system at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY) site. The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 HI-STORM 100 System is designed to contain up to 68 Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) fuel assemblies and consists of a stainless steel multi-purpose canister (MPC) with a welded baseplate and lid, which is placed inside a coated carbon steel and concrete overpack that is placed on a concrete pad for storage. (more…)

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An Overview of HI-STORM: HI-STAR’s Metcon Conjugate

By: Tjersland, G. Publisher: INMM Conference Year: 1997 Abstract: This paper describes the design and operational characteristics of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023's HI-STORM 100 spent fuel storage system. The HI-STORM System provides for the loading, on-site transfer,…