PNNL: Dry Storage Modeling Shows Cladding Heat Risks Vary by Cask and Load Pattern
April 22, 2026
April 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory prepared 'Temperature-Time Modeling of Spent Fuel Cladding in Dry Storage Casks' for the U.S. Department of Energy's Spent Fuel and Waste Science and Technology program; the authors are David J. Richmond, Ben J. Jensen, Justin Clarity, Megan E. Higley, and Nicholas Kucinski, and the report number is M3SF-24PN010203025. The report is dated March 31, 2024, and it examines how spent nuclear fuel cladding heats an . . .
