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Title: Pinhole Breaches in Spent Fuel Containers: Some Modeling Considerations

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OSTI ID:888702

This paper replaces PNNL-SA-48024 and incorporates the ANS reviewer's comments, including the change in the title. Numerical methods to solve the equations for gas diffusion through very small breaches in spent fuel containers are presented and compared with previous literature results.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
888702
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-48796; DF0961000; TRN: US0604302
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2006 ANS Annual Meeting, Reno Nevada, June 4-8, 2006. Published in Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 94(80-81
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English