Published November 1980 | Version v1
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Nuclear criticality safety studies applicable to spent fuel shipping cask designs and spent fuel storage

Description

Criticality analyses of water-moderated and reflected arrays of LWR fresh and spent fuel assemblies were carried out in this study. The calculated results indicate that using the assumption of fresh fuel loading in spent fuel shipping cask design leads to assembly spacings which are about twice the spacings of spent fuel loadings. Some shipping cask walls of composite lead and water are more effective neutron reflectors than water of 30.48 cm

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A03/MF A01.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
28 p.
Report number
ORNL/TM--7403

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12585530
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Descriptors DEI
CASKS; CRITICALITY; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUEL CYCLE; LEAD; NEUTRON REFLECTORS; SAFETY; SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS; WATER; WATER COOLED REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
CONTAINERS; ELEMENTS; FUEL ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; METALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS