Published January 1990 | Version v1
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Allowable spent LWR fuel storage temperatures in inert gases, nitrogen, and air

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Description

Spent fuel in inert dry storage is now a reality in the US; recommended maximum temperature-time conditions are specified in an IBM PC-compatible code. However, spent fuel cannot yet be stored in air because the data and theory needed for predicting allowable temperatures are still being developed. Tests to determine the behavior of spent UO2 fragments and breached rod specimens in air are providing data that will be used to determine the temperatures that can be allowed for fuel stored in air. 13 refs., 5 figs

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; NTIS, PC A03/MF A01 as DE90006122; OSTI; INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
12 p.
Report number
PNL-SA--17333

Conference

Title
7. Institute of Nuclear Materials Management spent fuel management seminar.
Dates
17-19 Jan 1990.
Place
Washington, DC (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21037164
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AIR; DRY STORAGE; GASES; INERT ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; RECOMMENDATIONS; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; SPENT FUELS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTING; WATER COOLED REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUIDS; FUELS; MATERIALS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; STORAGE

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC06-76RL01830
Secondary number(s)
CONF-900161--3.