scholarly journals Nuclear Dynamics Consequence Analysis (NDCA) for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in an Underground Geologic Repository--Volume 1: Executive Summary

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.L. Taylor ◽  
J.R. Wilson ◽  
L.Z. Sanchez ◽  
R. Aguilar ◽  
H.R. Trellue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Nuclear Dynamics ◽  
Consequence Analysis

scholarly journals Nuclear Dynamics Consequence Analysis (NDCA) for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in an Underground Geologic Repository - Volume 3: Appendices

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.L. Taylor ◽  
J.R. Wilson ◽  
L.C. Sanchez ◽  
R. Aguilar ◽  
H.R. Trellue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
Nuclear Dynamics ◽  
Consequence Analysis

scholarly journals Nuclear Dynamics Consequence Analysis (NDCA) for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in an Underground Geologic Repository--Volume 2: Methodology and Results

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.L. Taylor ◽  
J.R. Wilson ◽  
L.C. Sanchez ◽  
R. Aguilar ◽  
H.R. Trellue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
Nuclear Dynamics ◽  
Consequence Analysis

Criticality Consequence Analysis Roadmap for Spent Nuclear Fuel Canister in a Repository

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaushik Banerjee ◽  
Thomas M. Evans ◽  
Gregory G. Davidson ◽  
Steven P. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Consequence Analysis

Site Investigations of Potential Repository Sites in Sweden

2003 ◽  
Vol 807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Wikberg ◽  
Kaj Ahlbom ◽  
Olle Olsson
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Site Investigation ◽  
Management Programme ◽  
Nuclear Waste Management ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
The Public ◽  
Site Investigations

ABSTRACTThe Swedish nuclear waste management programme has entered the site investigation phase. Early 2002 SKB received permission from the municipalities of Östhammar and Oskarshamn to perform site investigations for a potential deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel. The goal of the site investigation phase is to obtain a permit to build the deep repository for spent nuclear fuel. In parallel with the investigations, consultations will be held with county administrative boards, regulatory authorities and municipalities, as well as with members of the public.

Centralization of Canada’s Spent Nuclear Fuel

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krista Nicholson ◽  
John McDonald ◽  
Shona Draper ◽  
Brian M. Ikeda ◽  
Igor Pioro
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Spent Fuel ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
Candu Reactors ◽  
High Level

Currently in Canada, spent fuel produced from Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) is in the interim storage all across the country. It is Canada’s long-term strategy to have a national geologic repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel for CANada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) reactors. The initial problem is to identify a means to centralize Canada’s spent nuclear fuel. The objective of this paper is to present a solution for the transportation issues that surround centralizing the waste. This paper reviews three major components of managing and the transporting of high-level nuclear waste: 1) site selection, 2) containment and 3) the proposed transportation method. The site has been selected based upon several factors including proximity to railways and highways. These factors play an important role in the site-selection process since the location must be accessible and ideally to be far from communities. For the containment of the spent fuel during transportation, a copper-shell container with a steel structural infrastructure was selected based on good thermal, structural, and corrosion resistance properties has been designed. Rail has been selected as the method of transporting the container due to both the potential to accommodate several containers at once and the extensive railway system in Canada.

Thermal Analysis for Geologic Codisposal of SNF Packages

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Si Y. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Analysis ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Peripheral Region ◽  
Waste Form ◽  
Temperature History ◽  
High Level Waste ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
Geologic Disposal ◽  
High Level

The engineering viability of disposal of aluminum-clad, aluminum-based spent nuclear fuel (Al-SNF) in a geologic repository requires a thermal analysis to provide the temperature history of the waste form. Calculated temperatures are used to demonstrate compliance with criteria for waste acceptance into the geologic disposal system and as input to assess the chemical and physical behavior of the waste form within the Waste Package (WP). The leading codisposal WP design proposes that a central DOE Al-SNF canister be surrounded by five Defense Waste Process Facility (DWPF) glass log canisters, that is, High-level Waste Glass Logs (HWGL’s), and placed into a WP in a geologic disposal system. A DOE SNF canister having about 0.4318m diameter is placed along the central horizontal axis of the WP. The five HWGL’s will be located around the peripheral region of the DOE SNF canister within the cylindrical WP container. The codisposal WP will be laid down horizontally in a drift repository. In this situation, two waste form options for Al-SNF disposition are considered using the codisposal WP design configurations. They are the direct Al-SNF form and the melt-dilute ingot. In the present work, the reference geologic and design conditions are assumed for the analysis even though the detailed package design is continuously evolved. This paper primarily dealt with the thermal performance internal to the codisposal WP for the qualification study of the WP containing Al-SNF. Thermal analysis methodology and decay heat source terms have been developed to calculate peak temperatures and temperature profiles of Al-SNF package in the DOE spent nuclear fuel canister within the geologic codisposal WP.

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