Published 2000 | Version v1
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Criticality safety issues in the disposition of BN-350 spent fuel

  • 1. Argonne National Laboratory (United States)
  • 2. National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
  • 3. Atomic Energy Committee of Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Energy, Industry and Trade (Kazakhstan)

Description

A criticality safety analysis has been performed as part of the BN-350 spent fuel disposition project being conducted jointly by the DOE and Kazakhstan. The Kazakhstan regulations are reasonably consistent with those of the DOE. The high enrichment and severe under moderation of this fast reactor fuel has significant criticality safety consequences. A detailed modeling approach was used that showed some configurations to be safe that otherwise would be rejected. Reasonable requirements for design and operations were needed, and with them, all operations were found to be safe

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Nuclear power technologies. Abstracts of reports

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Original title (English)
Tekhnologii yadernoj ehnergetiki. Tezisy dokladov

Publishing Information

Publisher
Institute of Nuclear Physics NNC RK
Imprint Place
Almaty (Kazakhstan)
Imprint Title
Nuclear power technologies. Abstracts of reports
Imprint Pagination
250 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 92
Report number
INIS-KZ--068

Conference

Title
International seminar on nuclear power technologies
Original Conference Title
Mezhdunarodnyj seminar po tekhnologii yadernoj ehnergetiki
Dates
14-17 May 2000
Place
Astana (Kazakhstan)

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Imprint:Document printed and available in two languages (RU, EN);Tekhnologii yadernoj ehnergetiki. Tezisy dokladov