Surrogate Spent Nuclear Fuel Vibration Integrity Investigation

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

OSTI ID:1157100

Wang, Jy-An John ^[1]; Wang, Hong ^[1]; Bevard, Bruce Balkcom ^[1]; Howard, Rob L ^[1]; Flanagan, Michelle ^[2]; Bjorkman, Gordon ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Rockville, MD (United States)

Transportation packages for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) must meet safety requirements under normal and accident conditions as specified by federal regulations. During transportation, SNF experiences unique conditions and challenges to cladding integrity due to the vibrational and impact loading encountered during road or rail shipment. ORNL has been developing testing capabilities that can be used to improve our understanding of the impacts of vibration loading on SNF integrity, especially for high burn-up SNF in normal transportation operation conditions. This information can be used to meet nuclear industry and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs in the area of safety of SNF storage and transportation operations.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML)
• Sponsoring Organization: Work for Others (WFO)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1157100
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2014 American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting, Reno, NV (United States), 15-19 Jun 2014
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

spent nuclear fuel
pure bending
bending fatigue
fuel transportation