Tritium Release Estimate from CLWR-Tritium Extraction Facility Waste Overpack

Technical Report · Wed May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/781208· OSTI ID:781208

Clark, E A

Spent targets (Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods, TPBARs) from the Commercial Light Water Reactor-Tritium Extraction Facility (CLWR-TEF) at the Savannah River Site will be sent to waste disposal contained in a so-called ''overpack''. The tritium permeation rate through a welded stainless steel overpack was estimated using a finite difference computer program in a previous report. This report is an evaluation of tritium permeation through three additional overpack designs: (1) a stainless steel overpack sealed using a mechanical closure with a metal gasket, (2) a mild steel overpack with the same mechanical closure, and (3) an aluminum overpack sealed by welding.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-96SR18500
• OSTI ID: 781208
• Report Number(s): WSRC-TR-2001-00095; TRN: AH200123%%95
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 23 May 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ALUMINIUM
CLOSURES
COMPUTER CODES
EVALUATION
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
TRITIUM
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTES
WELDING