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Criticality Safety Analysis for Cask Design with High Discharged Fuel Burnup Using MCNPX Code

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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MCNPX computer code is used to model the general PWR cask which contain 32 typical PWR spent fuel assemblies. For Safe storage and transportation of the cask , factors that affect the criticality were studied using the concept of burn up credit. Several parameters such as initial fuel enrichment , fuel burnup history , cooling time , and axial burnup profile were analysed. The analysis was performed in two different steps , first burn the fuel assembly at different burnup and storage (cooling ) conditions , secondly, incorporate the details of the assemblies into the cask (canister ) model and perform a criticality calculations for the cask. Several cases of unnormal storage conditions are considered in the case of UO2- PWR only]. In this research high discharged fuel assemblies burn up include Standard UO2 - PWR and next generation MOX fuel. The present results are compared with similar GBC-32 benchmark and satisfactory agreements were found..

DOI

10.21608/ajnsa.2023.189116.1711

Keywords

Key Words: Burnup credit, Axial Burnup, Wet Cask Design, Criticality Analysis, MCNPX code

Authors

First Name

Moustafa

Last Name

Aziz

MiddleName

Abdelwahab

Affiliation

Nuclear Safety Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt

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moustafaaziz1983@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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0000-0001-7736-2606

First Name

amal

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elsaway

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Affiliation

department of radiation safety research center for nuclear safety atomic energy authority

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amal_sawy@yahoo.com

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56

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5

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43558

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2023-10-01

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2023-01-23

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2023-10-01

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80

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86

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1110-0451

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2090-4258

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Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

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Criticality Safety Analysis for Cask Design with High Discharged Fuel Burnup Using MCNPX Code

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23 Dec 2024