• Title of article

    Three-dimensionalthermalanalysisofin-floortypenuclearwasterepositoryforaceramicwasteformOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    G.DevletSizgek، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    101
  • To page
    109
  • Abstract
    Athermalmodelisconstructedandanalysesareperformedforan‘in-floor’typenuclearwasterepositoryingraniticrockforahighlevelnuclearwaste(HLW)-bearingceramicwasteform(synroc).Transientcalculationsforathree-dimensional(3-D)modelhavebeencarriedoutforboth20and10wt.%HLW-bearingsynroc,forsurfacecoolingperiodsbetweenreactordischargeandgeologicaldisposalvaryingfrom5to40years.Thisstudyinvestigatesthetemperaturedistributioninoneoftheboreholesofahypotheticaltunnelforabasicgeometricalsettingaswellastheeffectofvaryingthedistancebetweenadjacentboreholesandthedistancebetweenadjacenttunnels.Thetemperaturesintherepositorywerefoundtobesensitivetotheinterimsurfacecoolingperiodaswellastheamountofwasteloaded.Theresultsshowedthatdecreasingthespacingbetweenthecanistershasamorepronouncedeffectonthetemperaturefieldthandecreasingthespacingbetweenthetunnels.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894841