Critical experiments supporting underwater storage of tightly packed configurations of spent fuel rods

Technical Report · Tue Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6209623

Hoovler, G S; Baldwin, M N

Criticla arrays of 2.5%-enriched UO/sub 2/ fuel rods that simulate underwater rod storage of spent power reactor fuel are being constructed. Rod storage is a term used to describe a spent fuel storage concept in which the fuel bundles are disassembled and the rods are packed into specially designed cannisters. Rod storage would substantially increase the amount of fuel that could be stored in available space. These experiments are providing criticality data against which to benchmark nuclear codes used to design tightly packed rod storage racks.

• Research Organization: Babcock and Wilcox Co., Lynchburg, VA (USA). Research and Development Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-79ET47923
• OSTI ID: 6209623
• Report Number(s): BAW-1645-2; ON: DE81029641
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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