Volumes, Masses, and Surface Areas for Shippingport LWBR Spent Nuclear Fuel in a DOE SNF Canister

Technical Report · Wed Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/893829· OSTI ID:893829

Davis, J. Wesley ^[1]; Ragan, Guy E. ^[1]

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1. Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV (United States)

The purpose of this calculation is to estimate volumes, masses, and surface areas associated with (a) an empty Department of Energy (DOE) 18-inch diameter, 15-ft long spent nuclear fuel (SNF) canister, (b) an empty DOE 24-inch diameter, 15-ft long SNF canister, (c) Shippingport Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) SNF, and (d) the internal basket structure for the 18-in. canister that has been designed specifically to accommodate Seed fuel from the Shippingport LWBR. Estimates of volumes, masses, and surface areas are needed as input to structural, thermal, geochemical, nuclear criticality, and radiation shielding calculations to ensure the viability of the proposed disposal configuration.

• Research Organization: Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: NA
• OSTI ID: 893829
• Report Number(s): BBA000000-01717-0210-00056-Rev-00; MOL.19991027.1043, DC # 23465; TRN: US0606156
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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