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Title: Nuclear mass inventory, photon dose rate and thermal decay heat of spent research reactor fuel assemblies

Abstract

As part of the Department of Energy`s spent nuclear fuel acceptance criteria, the mass of uranium and transuranic elements in spent research reactor fuel must be specified. These data are, however, not always known or readily determined. It is the purpose of this report to provide estimates of these data for some of the more common research reactor fuel assembly types. The specific types considered here are MTR, TRIGA and DIDO fuel assemblies. The degree of physical protection given to spent fuel assemblies is largely dependent upon the photon dose rate of the spent fuel material. These data also, are not always known or readily determined. Because of a self-protecting dose rate level of radiation (dose rate greater than 100 ren-x/h at I m in air), it is important to know the dose rate of spent fuel assemblies at all time. Estimates of the photon dose rate for spent MTR, TRIGA and DIDO-type fuel assemblies are given in this report.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
272554
Report Number(s):
ANL/RERTR/TM-26
ON: DE96013489; TRN: 96:017716
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: May 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS; AFTER-HEAT; DOSE RATES; QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; PHOTONS; URANIUM; ISOTOPE RATIO; NEPTUNIUM; PLUTONIUM; AMERICIUM; W CODES; DIAGRAMS; NUMERICAL DATA; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

Citation Formats

Pond, R B, and Matos, J E. Nuclear mass inventory, photon dose rate and thermal decay heat of spent research reactor fuel assemblies. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/272554.
Pond, R B, & Matos, J E. Nuclear mass inventory, photon dose rate and thermal decay heat of spent research reactor fuel assemblies. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/272554
Pond, R B, and Matos, J E. 1996. "Nuclear mass inventory, photon dose rate and thermal decay heat of spent research reactor fuel assemblies". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/272554. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/272554.
@article{osti_272554,
title = {Nuclear mass inventory, photon dose rate and thermal decay heat of spent research reactor fuel assemblies},
author = {Pond, R B and Matos, J E},
abstractNote = {As part of the Department of Energy`s spent nuclear fuel acceptance criteria, the mass of uranium and transuranic elements in spent research reactor fuel must be specified. These data are, however, not always known or readily determined. It is the purpose of this report to provide estimates of these data for some of the more common research reactor fuel assembly types. The specific types considered here are MTR, TRIGA and DIDO fuel assemblies. The degree of physical protection given to spent fuel assemblies is largely dependent upon the photon dose rate of the spent fuel material. These data also, are not always known or readily determined. Because of a self-protecting dose rate level of radiation (dose rate greater than 100 ren-x/h at I m in air), it is important to know the dose rate of spent fuel assemblies at all time. Estimates of the photon dose rate for spent MTR, TRIGA and DIDO-type fuel assemblies are given in this report.},
doi = {10.2172/272554},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/272554}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
}