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From the Nuclear Regulatory Commission website:
Decommissioning involves removing the spent fuel (the fuel that has been in the reactor vessel), dismantling any systems or components containing activation products (such as the reactor vessel and primary loop), and cleaning up or dismantling contaminated materials from the facility. All activated materials generally have to be removed from the site and shipped to a waste processing, storage, or disposal facility. Contaminated materials may either be cleaned of contamination on site; the contaminated sections may be cut off and removed (leaving most of the component intact in the facility); or they may be removed and shipped to a waste processing, storage, or disposal facility. The licensee decides how to decontaminate material; the decision is usually based on the amount of contamination, the ease with which it can be removed, and the cost to remove the contamination versus the cost to ship the entire structure or component to a waste disposal site.
http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/decommissioning/faq.html
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Is there a nuclear power plant in Minnesota?
There are two operating nuclear power plants in Minnesota:Monticello: A single 613 megawatt boiling water reactor located in Monticello, Minnesota.Prairie Island: A 1,076 megawatt plant with two pressurized water reactors located in Red Wing, Minnesota.
What is veggie power?
The official name for it is Biomass, which means using plant material as a fuel for some sort of power plant
What is marine power plant?
This is the power/energy management system of a marine vessel.
Which power plant has maximum efficiency?
thermal
When did nucular power begin?
during world war 2 (1939-1945) Germans where experimenting with nuclear technology to create a weapon with it. The Americans later stole the plans and research the Germans had done and continued the research themselves and succesfully created a nuclear bomb. At the time it was called an atomic bomb. Americains used 2 atomic bombs on Japan during the war.
What happens in a nuclear power plant in Bataan?
Nothing happens in the nuclear plant in Bataan. This plant was built but never operated.
How much money do people pay for nuclear energy if the nuclear power plant dies?
If a nuclear power plant were to be decommissioned or shut down, the costs for decommissioning and managing the spent nuclear fuel can run into billions of dollars. These costs are typically factored into the overall cost of nuclear energy production and are often covered by a decommissioning fund that the plant operator is required to establish during the operation of the plant.
What type of reaction happens in a power plant?
Nuclear fission
What happens if a nuclear power plant does not work?
It produces no electricity
Is building a nuclear power station the right route for the UK?
It seems sensible to at least build enough new plant to replace the AGR's as they are decommissioned, and keep the fraction of nuclear at around 20 percent
What is the name of the nuclear power plant in which a meltdown occurred in Japan?
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, was severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011. It was decommissioned in April 2012 and will not reopen. Its sister plant, Fukushima Daini, was shut down after the earthquake and tsunami, but has since reopened.
Definition of nuclear power plant waste?
Primarily it is the spent fuel which contains highly active fission products. There will be small amounts of low level waste arising mainly from maintenance operations, this can usually be put into a dry store on the site.
Existing nuclear power plant?
what is the existing of nuclear power plant?
What is the positive of nuclear power plant?
what is negative of the nuclear power plant
Where is the Nuclear Fission Power plant in Alaska?
There is no nuclear power plant in Alaska.
What kind of fallout will we see from a nuclear power plant?
Nuclear Fallout comes from a nuclear power plant.
How many nuclear power plants are in Arizona and what are there names?
There are three nuclear power plants in Arizona. These are Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, which is the largest nuclear plant in the United States, as well as the now-decommissioned Arizona 1 and Arizona 2 plants.
