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Estimates of Particulate Mass in Multi Canister Overpacks (MCO)

Author(s) -

J.P. SLOUGHTER

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/801368

Subject(s) - particulates , scrap , environmental science , residual , bounding overwatch , waste management , mathematics , chemistry , engineering , materials science , metallurgy , computer science , algorithm , organic chemistry , artificial intelligence

High, best estimate, and low values are developed for particulate inventories within MCO baskets that have been loaded with freshly cleaned fuel assemblies and scrap. These per-basket estimates are then applied to all anticipated MCO payload configurations to identify which configurations are bounding for each type of particulate. Finally the resulting bounding and nominal values for residual particulates are combined with corresponding values [from other documents] for particulates that may be generated by corrosion of exposed uranium after the fuel has been cleaned. The resulting rounded nominal estimate for a typical MCO after 40 years of storage is 8 kg. The estimate for a bounding total particulate case MCO is that it may contain up to 64 kg of particulate after 40 years of storage

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