A--Award for Technical Support for Graphite Waste

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a pre-solicitation notice for a requirement titled, “Technical Support for Graphite Waste.”

BACKGROUND

The worldwide inventory of irradiated nuclear graphite has been estimated at approximately 250,000 tons. Graphite is used in several Generation IV advanced reactor designs as a structural material as well as a moderator and reflector.  Additionally, for some designs, matrix graphite is utilized to encapsulate the nuclear fuel.  The application of graphite in these advanced reactor concepts has the potential to significantly increase the amount of irradiated graphite waste which is generated in the coming decades.