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A simplified two step thermal analysis method for Wolsung (CANDU) spent fuel dry storage canister

Journal Article · · International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer; (United States)
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  1. Korean Advanced Inst. of Science and Technology, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
A simplified two step thermal analysis method has been develop to evaluate (1) the mean temperature of the CANDU fuel bundles within a fuel basket in a given spent fuel dry storage canister by HEATING5 code with additional input data and heat transfer correlations in the step-1 analysis and (2) the maximum fuel rod temperature within a CANDU 37-element fuel bundle by MAXROT code developed here for step-2 analysis. In addition, the results of sample analysis is performed to examine the parametric effects of the site-specific ambient conditions on the maximum fuel temperature within a canister are presented. The comparison between the results of step-1 analysis and the mock-up test, in particular, is quite satisfactory. In essence, the two-step thermal analysis method proposed here is a code package that used the HEATING5 and MAXROT codes, respectively, for step-1 and step-2 calculations in series.
OSTI ID:
6541931
Journal Information:
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer; (United States), Journal Name: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer; (United States) Vol. 20:2; ISSN 0735-1933; ISSN IHMTDL
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English