Title of article :
Spent fuel canister for geological repository: Inner material requirements and candidates evaluation
Author/Authors :
Puig، نويسنده , , Francesc and Dies، نويسنده , , Javier and Pablo، نويسنده , , Joan de and Martيnez-Esparza، نويسنده , , Aurora، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Abstract :
One of the key aspects in designing Spanish spent nuclear fuel canister for geological repository is selecting the inner material to be placed between the steel walls and the fuel assemblies. This material has to primarily avoid the possibility of a criticality event once the canister gets breached by corrosion and flooded by groundwater. A detailed set of requirements for a material to fulfil this role in that environment have been devised and presented in this paper. With these requirements in view, eight potentially interesting candidates were evaluated: cast iron or steel, borosilicate glass, spinel, depleted uranium, dehydrated zeolites, haematite, phosphates, and olivine. Among these, the first four materials or their families are found promising for this application.
Journal title :
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal title :
Journal of Nuclear Materials