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Title: Development of Technical Basis for Burnup Credit Regulatory Guidance in the United States

Abstract

In the United States (U.S.) there has been and continues to be considerable interest in the increased use of burnup credit as part of the safety basis for SNF systems and this interest has motivated numerous technical studies related to the application of burnup credit for maintaining subcriticality. Responding to industry requests and needs, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission initiated a burnup credit research program, with support from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to develop regulatory guidance and the supporting technical basis for allowing and expanding the use of burnup credit in pressurized-water reactor SNF storage and transport applications. The objective of this paper is to summarize the work and significant accomplishments, with references to the technical reports and publications for complete details.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
OSTI Identifier:
1021970
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: PHYSOR 2010 - Advances in Reactor Physics to Power the Nuclear Renaissance, London (United Kingdom), 3-8 Oct 2010
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION; BURNUP; CRITICALITY; ORNL; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REGULATORY GUIDES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SAFETY; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; TRANSPORT REGULATIONS; US NRC; Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Systems; Work Summary; Significant Accomplishments; Technical Reports; Publications; Maintaining Subcriticality; Regulatory Guidance

Citation Formats

Parks, Cecil V., Wagner, John C., Mueller, Don, and Gauld, Ian C. Development of Technical Basis for Burnup Credit Regulatory Guidance in the United States. United States: N. p., 2011. Web.
Parks, Cecil V., Wagner, John C., Mueller, Don, & Gauld, Ian C. Development of Technical Basis for Burnup Credit Regulatory Guidance in the United States. United States.
Parks, Cecil V., Wagner, John C., Mueller, Don, and Gauld, Ian C. 2011. "Development of Technical Basis for Burnup Credit Regulatory Guidance in the United States". United States.
@article{osti_1021970,
title = {Development of Technical Basis for Burnup Credit Regulatory Guidance in the United States},
author = {Parks, Cecil V. and Wagner, John C. and Mueller, Don and Gauld, Ian C.},
abstractNote = {In the United States (U.S.) there has been and continues to be considerable interest in the increased use of burnup credit as part of the safety basis for SNF systems and this interest has motivated numerous technical studies related to the application of burnup credit for maintaining subcriticality. Responding to industry requests and needs, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission initiated a burnup credit research program, with support from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to develop regulatory guidance and the supporting technical basis for allowing and expanding the use of burnup credit in pressurized-water reactor SNF storage and transport applications. The objective of this paper is to summarize the work and significant accomplishments, with references to the technical reports and publications for complete details.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1021970}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}

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