Using an expert system to predict fuel consolidation wastes
Conference
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)
OSTI ID:5266903
With the ever-increasing quantities of spent nuclear fuel that the nation's nuclear utilities are required to store on site, fuel rod consolidation is becoming increasingly attractive as a method of increasing spent nuclear fuel interim storage capacity. If and when fuel rod consolidation is implemented by a utility, two new waste streams are introduced. They are spent fuel disassembly (SFD) hardware and nonfuel assembly (NFA) hardware. Both of these waste streams result from the elimination of the void spaces in the fuel assembly, void spaces in which these hardware elements were previously housed or associated. The majority of the waste in these waste streams is rated as greater than class C low-level waste, which is currently expected to be disposed of in the federal high-level-waste repository. In order to plan for their eventual disposal, the approximate makeup of such wastes must be known. The expert system approach was chosen to attempt to predict the quantities and distribution. The purpose of this work was to develop a working prototype of such a system.
- OSTI ID:
- 5266903
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890604--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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210802* -- Nuclear Power Plants-- Economics-- Fuel Cycle
ENERGY SOURCES
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EXPERT SYSTEMS
FUEL ASSEMBLY DISMANTLING
FUELS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
OPTIMIZATION
PALISADES-1 REACTOR
PLANNING
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POWER REACTORS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTORS
SPENT FUEL STORAGE
SPENT FUELS
STORAGE
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
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US ORGANIZATIONS
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VOLUME
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
210802* -- Nuclear Power Plants-- Economics-- Fuel Cycle
ENERGY SOURCES
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EXPERT SYSTEMS
FUEL ASSEMBLY DISMANTLING
FUELS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
OPTIMIZATION
PALISADES-1 REACTOR
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
POWER REACTORS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTORS
SPENT FUEL STORAGE
SPENT FUELS
STORAGE
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMAL REACTORS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USES
VOLUME
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS