Published February 25, 1999 | Version v1
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Estimates of particulate mass in multi-canister overpacks

Description

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 particulate 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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Available from INIS in electronic form; Also available from OSTI as DE00781571; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/781571-ev1lLf/webviewable/

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
74 p.
Report number
HNF--1527-REV.2

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC06-96RL13200
Funding organization
US DOE Office of Environmental Management (United States)
Secondary number(s)
EW--7040000