Evaluation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposition in Salt (FY18)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
This report summarizes the 2018 fiscal year (FY18) field, laboratory, and modeling work funded by the US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Spent Fuel and Waste Science & Technology (SFWST) campaign as part of the Sandia National Laboratories Salt Research and Development (R&D) and Salt International work packages. This report satisfies level-two milestone M2SF-18SNO10303031and comprises three related but stand-alone sections. The first section summarizes the programmatic progress made to date in the DOE-NE salt program and its goals going forward. The second section presents brine composition modeling and laboratory activities related to salt evaporation experiments, which will be used to interpret data collected during the heater test. The third section presents theoretical and numerical modeling work done to investigate the effects brine composition have on dihedral angle and the permeability of salt.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Fuel Cycle Technologies (NE-5)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1481605
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2018-11355R; 669455
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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