Criticality Safety Evaluation Report for Spent Nuclear Fuel Processing and Storage Facilities

Technical Report · Fri Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/324942· OSTI ID:324942

Schwinkendorf, K. N. ^[1]

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1. Fluor Daniel Hanford, Inc., Richland, WA (United States)

This criticality evaluation is for Spent N Reactor fuel unloaded from the existing canisters in both KE and KW Basins, and loaded into multiple canister overpack (MCO) containers with specially- built baskets containing either 54 Mark IV or 48 Mark IA fuel assemblies. The criticality evaluations include loading baskets into the MCO/Cask, operations at the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility (CVDF), and storage in the Canister Storage Building (CSB). Many conservatisms have been built into this analysis, the primary one being the selection of the k_eff = 0.95 criticality safety limit.

• Research Organization: Fluor Daniel Hanford, Inc., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-96RL13200
• OSTI ID: 324942
• Report Number(s): HNF--SD-SNF-CSER--005-Rev.3; ON: DE98059694; BR: EW3135040
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SPENT FUELS