Distributed Sensor System for Underground Fuel Storage Facility Monitoring and Leak Detection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Nakamura ◽  
Noah Hafner ◽  
Joseph Brown
Keyword(s):  
Leak Detection ◽  
Sensor System ◽  
Storage Facility ◽  
Distributed Sensor ◽  
Fuel Storage

scholarly journals A Low Cost Sensor System for Monitoring and Predicting Corrosion of Long Term Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikram M. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Sensor System ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Storage Facility ◽  
Corrosion Sensor ◽  
Fuel Storage ◽  
Permanent Storage

With the closing of the Yucca mountain storage facility, on-site storage of spent nuclear fuel at reactor sites has increased and will continue to increase until a permanent storage facility is prepared. Dry storage canisters are used to store spent nuclear fuel waste over long periods of time, but are susceptible to mechanical failure via corrosion. This dissertation presents a system to monitor the integrity of the storage canister. Sensor data fusion algorithms have been designed to predict the integrity of the storage system and provide feedback for preventative maintenance. The environmental conditions that lead to corrosion have been replicated and detected by the sensor system within an environmental chamber and the predictive model has been able to estimate the time till failure of a sacrificial corrosion sensor.

Bulk Fuel Storage Facility Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Environmental Assessment

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry W. Blackwell ◽  
Crystal M. Bailey ◽  
Susan Pearsall ◽  
Kyle A. Russell ◽  
Jeffery H. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Storage Facility ◽  
Fuel Storage

scholarly journals Prediction of the maximum temperature inside container with spent nuclear fuel

2018 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
S. Alyokhina ◽  
О. Dybach ◽  
A. Kostikov ◽  
D. Dimitriieva
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Storage Facility ◽  
Storage Container ◽  
Atmospheric Air ◽  
Decay Heat ◽  
Fuel Storage ◽  
Maximum Temperatures ◽  
Cooling Air

The definition of the thermal state of containers with spent nuclear fuel is important part of the ensuring of its safe storage during all period of storage facility operation. The this work all investigations are carried out for the storage containers of spent nuclear fuel of WWER-1000 reactors, which are operated in the Dry Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in Zaporizhska NPP. The analysis of existing investigations in the world nuclear engineering science concerning to the prediction of maximum temperatures in spent nuclear fuel storage container is carried out. The absence of studies in this field is detected and the necessity of the dependence for the maximum temperature in the storage container and temperature of cooling air on the exit of ventilation duct from variated temperatures of atmospheric air and decay heat formulation is pointed out. With usage of numerical simulation by solving of the conjugate heat transfer problems, the dependence of maximum temperatures in storage container with spent nuclear fuel from atmospheric temperature and decay heat is detected. The verification of used calculation method by comparison of measured air temperature on exit of ventilation channels and calculated temperature of cooling air was carried out. By regression analysis of numerical results of studies the dependence of ventilation air temperature from the temperature of atmospheric air and the decay heat of spent nuclear fuel was formulated. For the obtained dependence the statistical analysis was carried out and confidence interval with 95% of confidence is calculated. The obtained dependences are expediently to use under maximum temperature level estimation at specified operation conditions of spent nuclear fuel storage containers and for the control of correctness of thermal monitoring system work.

Architecture of Distributed Sensor System for Automated Greenhouse Complex

2021 ◽  
pp. 311-321
Author(s):  
Mikhail Vinogradov ◽  
Igor Kan ◽  
Irina Vatamaniuk
Keyword(s):  
Sensor System ◽  
Distributed Sensor

The Radiation Protection Design of PWR Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facility

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liming Huang ◽  
Shouhai Yang ◽  
Jie Liu
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Radiation Shielding ◽  
Storage Facility ◽  
Spent Fuel ◽  
Dry Storage ◽  
Spent Fuel Storage ◽  
Fuel Storage

Radiation safety is an important part of safety assessment of spent fuel dry storage technology. This paper describes the radiation protection design of PWR spent fuel dry storage facility for radiation safety completed by China General Nuclear Power Corporation. Considering the special site conditions, Monte Carlo method is used to complete the precise calculation of the three-dimensional radiation dose field in the spent fuel storage building. Through the spent fuel storage module and the storage building with shielding function, radiation shielding design is completed to meet China’s regulatory requirements, which ensures radiation safety for workers and the public during the transport and storage of spent fuel. It will provide a reference for construction of spent fuel dry storage facility of CPR1000 and HPR1000.

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