Year
2010
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Abstract
Used fuel storage is a common issue in all countries with nuclear reactors. Notwithstanding considerable efforts to increase the efficient use of nuclear fuel and to optimize the storage capacity, delays in realizing geological repositories in most countries or in implementing recycling in some countries results in increased used fuel storage capacity needs in combination with longer storage durations. This trend combined with more sophisticated fuel design and higher enrichment requires providing innovative solutions tailored to each customer. Facing these challenges, AREVA Logistics Business Unit, through its subsidiaries TN International in France, Transnuclear Inc. in the USA and Transnuclear Ltd. in Japan, has decided to launch an extensive innovation process to create a new generation of transport and storage systems and also to renew the management of projects. Thanks to its international subsidiaries, AREVA Logistics Business Unit was able to form multicultural project teams. Each team consisted of several experts from the three continents in order to propose to customers the most efficient teams in terms of knowledge and know-how. These multicultural expert teams could better understand the customer needs as well as the different regulatory requirements of each country. The purpose of this paper is to present these experiences, and furthermore to underline our knowhow and ability to provide highly efficient solutions to our customers.