Hydrogen Gas Generation Model for Fuel-Based Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste Stored at the INEEL

Conference · Tue Jan 14 04:00:00 EST 2003

OSTI ID:811873

Khericha, S ^[1]; Bhatt, R; Liekhus, K

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1. Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

The Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory (INEEL) initiated efforts to calculate the hydrogen gas generation in remote-handled transuranic (RH-TRU) containers in order to evaluate continued storage of unvented RH-TRU containers in vaults and to identify any potential problems during retrieval and aboveground storage. A computer code is developed to calculate the hydrogen concentration in the stored RH-TRU waste drums for known configuration, waste matrix, and radionuclide inventories as a function of time.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-99ID13727
• OSTI ID: 811873
• Report Number(s): INEEL/CON-03-00036
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COMPUTER CODES
CONFIGURATION
CONTAINERS
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN GAS
IDAHO
INVENTORIES
RADIOISOTOPES
REMOTE-HANDLED
STORAGE
TRANSURANIC
WASTE DRUM
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES