Approach for validating actinide and fission product compositions for burnup credit criticality safety analyses
Abstract
This paper describes a depletion code validation approach for criticality safety analysis using burnup credit for actinide and fission product nuclides in spent nuclear fuel (SNF) compositions. The technical basis for determining the uncertainties in the calculated nuclide concentrations is comparison of calculations to available measurements obtained from destructive radiochemical assay of SNF samples. Probability distributions developed for the uncertainties in the calculated nuclide concentrations were applied to the SNF compositions of a criticality safety analysis model by the use of a Monte Carlo uncertainty sampling method to determine bias and bias uncertainty in effective neutron multiplication factor. Application of the Monte Carlo uncertainty sampling approach is demonstrated for representative criticality safety analysis models of pressurized water reactor spent fuel pool storage racks and transportation packages using burnup-dependent nuclide concentrations calculated with SCALE 6.1 and the ENDF/B-VII nuclear data. Furthermore, the validation approach and results support a recent revision of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Interim Staff Guidance 8.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1163574
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 188; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis - formerly American Nuclear Society (ANS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; depletion; criticality; validation; burnup credit; ISG-8
Citation Formats
Radulescu, Georgeta, Gauld, Ian C., Ilas, Germina, and Wagner, John C. Approach for validating actinide and fission product compositions for burnup credit criticality safety analyses. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.13182/NT13-154.
Radulescu, Georgeta, Gauld, Ian C., Ilas, Germina, & Wagner, John C. Approach for validating actinide and fission product compositions for burnup credit criticality safety analyses. United States. doi:10.13182/NT13-154.
Radulescu, Georgeta, Gauld, Ian C., Ilas, Germina, and Wagner, John C. Sat .
"Approach for validating actinide and fission product compositions for burnup credit criticality safety analyses". United States. doi:10.13182/NT13-154. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1163574.
@article{osti_1163574,
title = {Approach for validating actinide and fission product compositions for burnup credit criticality safety analyses},
author = {Radulescu, Georgeta and Gauld, Ian C. and Ilas, Germina and Wagner, John C.},
abstractNote = {This paper describes a depletion code validation approach for criticality safety analysis using burnup credit for actinide and fission product nuclides in spent nuclear fuel (SNF) compositions. The technical basis for determining the uncertainties in the calculated nuclide concentrations is comparison of calculations to available measurements obtained from destructive radiochemical assay of SNF samples. Probability distributions developed for the uncertainties in the calculated nuclide concentrations were applied to the SNF compositions of a criticality safety analysis model by the use of a Monte Carlo uncertainty sampling method to determine bias and bias uncertainty in effective neutron multiplication factor. Application of the Monte Carlo uncertainty sampling approach is demonstrated for representative criticality safety analysis models of pressurized water reactor spent fuel pool storage racks and transportation packages using burnup-dependent nuclide concentrations calculated with SCALE 6.1 and the ENDF/B-VII nuclear data. Furthermore, the validation approach and results support a recent revision of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Interim Staff Guidance 8.},
doi = {10.13182/NT13-154},
journal = {Nuclear Technology},
number = 2,
volume = 188,
place = {United States},
year = {2014},
month = {11}
}
Web of Science
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