Shielding analysis of depleted uranium silicate filler concept for spent fuel canister designs
A Depleted Uranium Silicate Container Backfill System (DUSCOBS) has been proposed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This concept suggests the use of small, depleted-uranium silicate glass beads as a backfill material inside storage, transportation, and repository waste packages containing spent nuclear fuel. Use of this backfdl material would substantially reduce external dose rates from a waste canister, allowing a reduction of the amount of external shielding required. This paper summarizes the results of scoping studies to estimate the dose reduction from the use of DUSCOBS in a conceptual canister design, and to determine what design modifications are required to offset the increased mass of the system, while simultaneously maintaining sufficient shielding to meet external dose rate limits.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- OSTI ID:
- 219400
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960415-33; ON: DE96008090; TRN: 96:012763
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) Radiation Protection and Shielding Division topical meeting on advancements and applications in radiation protection and shielding, Falmouth, MA (United States), 21-25 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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