Burnup credit issues in spent fuel transport

Journal Article · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · JNMM (Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management); (United States)

OSTI ID:5121762

Sanders, T L; Seager, K D; Ewing, R I ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab., Albuquerque, NM (US)

Burnup credit has been successfully applied to spent fuel storage pools in the United States, resulting in increased capacity and permitting the storage of spent fuel with higher initial enrichments. This paper reports that the regulatory acceptance of transport cask design incorporating burnup credit and its benefits depends on the identification and resolution of issues that affect the determination of criticality safety margins. The factors contributing to the determination of criticality safety have been examined by fault-tree analysis to compare the issues involved in both the fresh fuel and burnup credit approaches to criticality safety.

• OSTI ID: 5121762
• Journal Information: JNMM (Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management); (United States), Journal Name: JNMM (Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management); (United States) Vol. 20:3; ISSN 0893-6188; ISSN JNMME
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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