Assessments of system impacts of spent fuel thermal characteristics and emplacement rates
- TRW Environmental Safety Systems Inc., Vienna, VA (United States)
Analysis conducted to evaluate the impacts spent fuel thermal characteristics and emplacement rates might have on the thermal conditions in a candidate geologic repository at the Yucca Mountain site are reported here. These analyses considered the effect of the current projections for the burnup of the spent fuel, the variability in waste thermal characteristics, and the sequence and location of waste emplacement on the repository temperatures relative to those predicted for the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Plan (SCP). The results show that, for the same conceptual design, the temperatures in the repository would be significantly higher than those considered for the SCP. These results could affect the evaluations of alternative thermal loading strategies for the candidate repository.
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL (United States); American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 145373
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930408--Vol.2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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