Nondestructive Assay Options for Spent Fuel Encapsulation

Tobin, Stephen J.¹  Jansson, Peter² 

[1] Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States);Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)

关键词: SPENT FUELS;    ENCAPSULATION;    HEAT PRODUCTION;    SAFEGUARDS;    COOLING TIME;    BURNUP;    CRITICALITY;    NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS;    DEFECTS;    ENRICHMENT;    RECOMMENDATIONS;    RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;    RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1070056
RP-ID  :  LA-UR--13-22050
RP-ID  :  SKB-TR--13-30
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1070056
Others  :  TRN: US1500361

学科分类：核能源与工程

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This report describes the role that nondestructive assay (NDA) techniques and systems of NDA techniques may have in the context of an encapsulation and deep geological repository. The potential NDA needs of an encapsulation and repository facility include safeguards, heat content, and criticality. Some discussion of the facility needs is given, with the majority of the report concentrating on the capability and characteristics of individual NDA instruments and techniques currently available or under development. Particular emphasis is given to how the NDA techniques can be used to determine the heat production of an assembly, as well as meet the dual safeguards needs of 1) determining the declared parameters of initial enrichment, burn-up, and cooling time and 2) detecting defects (total, partial, and bias). The report concludes with the recommendation of three integrated systems that might meet the combined NDA needs of the encapsulation/repository facility.