Development of the conceptual and numerical models for semi generic site to support performance assessment for CANDU spent nuclear fuel disposal
- 1. Institute for Nuclear Research-Pitesti, 1 Campului Str., RO-115400 Mioveni, Arges (Romania)
- 2. University of Bucharest, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Bucharest (Romania)
- 3. National Agency for Nuclear Waste, ANDRAD, 1, Campului Str., RO-115400 Mioveni, Arges (Romania)
Description
The aim of this paper is to give essential information on the current status of the studies developed in the framework of the Research Contract no. T02.10.24 'The development of numerical models and computer codes in support of siting and performance assessment studies of geologic repository in crystalline and ingenuous rocks'. The work performed included groundwater flow and radionuclide transport simulations for the 'semi-generic' Veresnia site (Ukraine), development of a near-field release model for spent nuclear fuel from CANDU reactors and performing a THM analysis for a single canister. The disposal concept for CANDU fuel in granite was adapted following a Canadian concept. The conductive heat transfer was calculated with the ANSYS code using a detailed model of the repository system which did not include coupled effects. (authors)
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Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Institute for Nuclear Research - Pitesti
- Imprint Place
- Pitesti (Romania)
- ISBN
- 978-973-0-05700-3
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of NUCLEAR 2008 annual international conference on sustainable development through nuclear research and education
- Imprint Pagination
- 294 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 385-393
Conference
- Title
- 1. annual international conference on sustainable development through nuclear research and education. Part II
- Acronym
- NUCLEAR 2008
- Dates
- 28-30 May 2008
- Place
- Pitesti (Romania)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Romania
- Country of Input or Organization
- Romania
- INIS RN
- 40080419
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- A CODES; CANDU TYPE REACTORS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONTAINERS; FLOWSHEETS; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; GRANITES; GROUND WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; SPENT FUELS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPUTER CODES; DIAGRAMS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FUELS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INFORMATION; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIC ROCKS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; ROCKS; SIMULATION; STORAGE; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Research Contract no. T02.10.24
- Notes
- 5 refs., 11 figs., 2 tabs.
- Funding organization
- National Authority for Scientific Research, Bucharest (Romania)