Published 2016 | Version v1
Miscellaneous

Preliminary design for a dual purpose cask containing 12, 18, or 19 spent fuel assemblies of Bushehr nuclear power plant

  • 1. Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  • 2. Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Description

The Bushehr nuclear power plant with annual spent fuel production of 21 tons of heavy metals is under commercial operation since 2013. A recently developed dual purpose cask for the dry interim storage and transportation of the spent fuel assemblies of Bushehr nuclear power plant are presented. To design of the fuel basket, materials of borated steel and borated aluminum (BORAL) with different boron content were considered. For the external neutron shielding of the DPC, solid materials such as borated polyethylene were taken into account instead of liquid ones such as ethylene glycol mixed with water. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the 18th international symposium on the packaging and transportation of radioactive materials (PATRAM 2016)

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 18th international symposium on the packaging and transportation of radioactive materials (PATRAM 2016)
Imprint Pagination
[6947 p.]
Journal Page Range
7 p.

Conference

Title
18. international symposium on the packaging and transportation of radioactive materials
Acronym
PATRAM 2016
Dates
18-23 Sep 2016
Place
Kobe, Hyogo (Japan)

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Notes
Available as DVD-ROM Data in PDF format. Folder Name: FinalPaper; Paper No. F1033.pdf; 11 refs., 3 figs., 4 tabs.