LOADING AND TRASPORT OF IRRADIATED MTR FUEL LOOSE PLATES

Sogin, the state company in charge of the decommissioning of the Italian NPPs and nuclear research centers, is currently managing the closure of the nuclear fuel cycle at each site. The strategies chosen are the reprocessing abroad for the irradiated fuel assemblies and alienation for nuclear materials. In this framework, Sogin has participated to the Global Treat Reduction Initiative of the National Nuclear Security Administration of the United States Department of Energy for the repatriation to USA of US origin nuclear research material. The scope of this work is the repatriation to USA of a small amount of Spent Nuclear Fuel, with high enriched uranium content. In particular, 10 loose plates, MTR irradiated nuclear fuel type, stored at Deposito Avogadro Site in Saluggia (Vercelli), North of Italy.