HEDL contribution to Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation. July through September quarterly report: spent fuel characterization equipment
Progress reports are presented for the following areas of study: spent fuel characterization equipment; spent fuel characterization; and spent fuel/package performance. Some of the highlights are: calorimetry was performed on spent fuel assemblies D15 and D22 which were destined for packaging and emplaced into the Climax-Spent Fuel Test (C-SFT); review and analysis of the destructive examination data on five fuel rods pulled from the C-SFT assemblies is continuing; under the disposal condition loads assumed in the structural analyses. The spent fuel cladding has very high mechanical integrity; a program plan to develop a spent fuel data base and predict the in-respository performance of spent fuel is being prepared; documentation was completed describing the test capsule hardware, specimens, safety analysis, and as-built assembly for the Climax-Materials Interaction Test; gamma dose calculations for 30 spent fuel canister filler materials were completed and documented; in support of the stabilizer material screening effort, all preliminary interaction, cost, and availability evaluations were completed; detailed planning for temperature limit, fill process, and prebreach disposal condition compatibility testing was completed.
- Research Organization:
- Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC14-76FF02170
- OSTI ID:
- 6155328
- Report Number(s):
- HEDL-6888; ON: DE81026483
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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