Measurements of Fundamental Fluid Physics of SNF Storage Canisters

Condie, Keith Glenn ; Mc Creery, Glenn Ernest ; McEligot, Donald Marinus

Idaho National Laboratory

关键词: Research Programs;    Chemical Reactions;    Dry Storage;    Fuel Elements;    99 - General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;   

DOI  :  10.2172/910677
RP-ID  :  INEEL/EXT-01-01269
RP-ID  :  DE-AC07-99ID-13727
RP-ID  :  910677

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

With the University of Idaho, Ohio State University and Clarksean Associates, this research program has the long-term goal to develop reliable predictive techniques for the energy, mass and momentum transfer plus chemical reactions in drying / passivation (surface oxidation) operations in the transfer and storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from wet to dry storage. Such techniques are needed to assist in design of future transfer and storage systems, prediction of the performance of existing and proposed systems and safety (re)evaluation of systems as necessary at later dates. Many fuel element geometries and configurations are accommodated in the storage of spent nuclear fuel. Consequently, there is no one generic fuel element / assembly, storage basket or canister and, therefore, no single generic fuel storage configuration. One can, however, identify generic flow phenomena or processes which may be present during drying or passivation in SNF canisters. The objective of the INEEL tasks was to obtain fundamental measurements of these flow processes in appropriate parameter ranges.