Fuel Aging in Storage and Transportation (FAST): Accelerated Characterization and Performance Assessment of the Used Nuclear Fuel Storage System

Technical Report · Tue Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1329205· OSTI ID:1329205

McDeavitt, Sean ^[1]

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1. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering

This Integrated Research Project (IRP) was established to characterize key limiting phenomena related to the performance of used nuclear fuel (UNF) storage systems. This was an applied engineering project with a specific application in view (i.e., UNF dry storage). The completed tasks made use of a mixture of basic science and engineering methods. The overall objective was to create, or enable the creation of, predictive tools in the form of observation methods, phenomenological models, and databases that will enable the design, installation, and licensing of dry UNF storage systems that will be capable of containing UNF for extended period of time.

• Research Organization: Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). Nuclear Energy University Programs
• Contributing Organization: Boise State Univ., ID (United States); North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States); Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1329205
• Report Number(s): 11-3278; 11-3278; TRN: US1700359
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
SPENT FUEL STORAGE
DRY STORAGE
NUCLEAR FUELS
PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION
STORAGE FACILITIES
DATA COMPILATION