Approach for Implementing Burnup Credit in High-Capacity Truck Casks

Conference · Sun Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5899907

Boshoven, J. ^[1]; Hopf, J. ^[1]; Su, S. ^[1]

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1. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

General Atomics (GA) will be submitting an application for certification to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the GA-4 and GA-9 Casks in 1992. To maintain a capacity of four pressurized-water-reactor (PWR) spent fuel assemblies, the GA-4 Cask uses burnup credit as part of the criticality control for the higher enrichments. Using the US Department of Energy (DOE) Burnup Credit Program as a basis, GA presents here an approach to burnup credit analysis to be included in the Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP).

• Research Organization: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-88ID12698
• OSTI ID: 5899907
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-90397; CONF-910435-59; ON: DE91010094; TRN: 91-012695
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 28 Apr - 3 May 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SPENT FUEL CASKS
BENCHMARKS
BURNUP
CRITICALITY
CROSS SECTIONS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
TRUCKS
CASKS
CONTAINERS
REACTORS
VEHICLES
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
General Atomics (GA)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Pressurized-Water-Reactor (PWR)
Burnup Credit Program
Burnup Credit Analysis
Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP)
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