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Title: BWR ASSEMBLY SOURCE TERMS FOR WASTE PACKAGE DESIGN

Abstract

This analysis is prepared by the Mined Geologic Disposal System (MGDS) Waste Package Development Department (WPDD) to provide boiling water reactor (BWR) assembly radiation source term data for use during Waste Package (WP) design. The BWR assembly radiation source terms are to be used for evaluation of radiolysis effects at the WP surface, and for personnel shielding requirements during assembly or WP handling operations. The objectives of this evaluation are to generate BWR assembly radiation source terms that bound selected groupings of BWR assemblies, with regard to assembly average burnup and cooling time, which comprise the anticipated MGDS BWR commercial spent nuclear fuel (SNF) waste stream. The source term data is to be provided in a form which can easily be utilized in subsequent shielding/radiation dose calculations. Since these calculations may also be used for Total System Performance Assessment (TSPA), with appropriate justification provided by TSPA, or radionuclide release rate analysis, the grams of each element and additional cooling times out to 25 years will also be calculated and the data included in the output files.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
893439
Report Number(s):
BBA000000-01717-0200-00024 Rev 00
MOL.19970710.0078 DC# 27421; TRN: US0606011
DOE Contract Number:  
NA
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; BOILING; BURNUP; COOLING TIME; DESIGN; EVALUATION; NUCLEAR FUELS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLYSIS; SHIELDING; SOURCE TERMS; WASTES; WATER

Citation Formats

Lotz, T L. BWR ASSEMBLY SOURCE TERMS FOR WASTE PACKAGE DESIGN. United States: N. p., 1997. Web. doi:10.2172/893439.
Lotz, T L. BWR ASSEMBLY SOURCE TERMS FOR WASTE PACKAGE DESIGN. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/893439
Lotz, T L. 1997. "BWR ASSEMBLY SOURCE TERMS FOR WASTE PACKAGE DESIGN". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/893439. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/893439.
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title = {BWR ASSEMBLY SOURCE TERMS FOR WASTE PACKAGE DESIGN},
author = {Lotz, T L},
abstractNote = {This analysis is prepared by the Mined Geologic Disposal System (MGDS) Waste Package Development Department (WPDD) to provide boiling water reactor (BWR) assembly radiation source term data for use during Waste Package (WP) design. The BWR assembly radiation source terms are to be used for evaluation of radiolysis effects at the WP surface, and for personnel shielding requirements during assembly or WP handling operations. The objectives of this evaluation are to generate BWR assembly radiation source terms that bound selected groupings of BWR assemblies, with regard to assembly average burnup and cooling time, which comprise the anticipated MGDS BWR commercial spent nuclear fuel (SNF) waste stream. The source term data is to be provided in a form which can easily be utilized in subsequent shielding/radiation dose calculations. Since these calculations may also be used for Total System Performance Assessment (TSPA), with appropriate justification provided by TSPA, or radionuclide release rate analysis, the grams of each element and additional cooling times out to 25 years will also be calculated and the data included in the output files.},
doi = {10.2172/893439},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/893439}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 1997}
}