Research Supporting Implementation of Burnup Credit in the Criticality Safety Assessment of Transport and Storage Casks

Conference · Wed Jan 10 04:00:00 EST 2001

OSTI ID:774659

Parks, C. V. ^[1]; Gauld, I. C. ^[2]; Wagner, J. C. ^[2]; Broadhead, B. L. ^[2]; DeHart, M. D. ^[2]; Ebert, D. D. ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); ORNL
2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
3. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States)

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Regulatory Research (RES) has initiated a program to support effective implementation of burnup credit in the criticality safety assessment of transport and dry storage casks. The goal is to develop technical bases that can be used to provide criteria and guidance for use in licensing activities. The program is being conducted in a phased approach, with the initial focus on unresolved issues related to the use of actinide-only burnup credit in transport and dry storage casks designed for spent fuel from pressurized-water reactors (PWRs). The work will gradually expand to investigate credit for fission products in PWR casks and application to burnup credit for boiling-water-reactor (BWR) fuel. This summary will review the status of progress to date and will identify planned activities and priorities.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); USNRC
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 774659
• Report Number(s): P00--109095
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
42 ENGINEERING
BURNUP
Boiling-Water-Reactor (BWR)
CASKS
CRITICALITY
IMPLEMENTATION
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Nuclear Power Plants
Pressurized-Water Reactors (PWRs)
REACTOR SAFETY
SAFETY
STORAGE
TRANSPORT
WATER