Method for calculating the duration of vacuum drying of a metal-concrete container for spent nuclear fuel

A method for calculating the quantity of moisture in a metal-concrete container in the process of its charging with spent nuclear fuel is proposed. A computing method and results obtained by it for conservative estimation of the time of vacuum drying of a container charged with spent nuclear fuel by...

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Published in:Journal of engineering physics and thermophysics 2013-07, Vol.86 (4), p.735-742
Main Authors: Karyakin, Yu. E., Nekhozhin, M. A., Pletnev, A. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Classical Mechanics
Complex Systems
Engineering
Engineering Thermodynamics
Heat and Mass Transfer
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Methods
Nuclear energy
Nuclear industry
Nursing homes
Spent reactor fuels
Thermodynamics
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Summary:A method for calculating the quantity of moisture in a metal-concrete container in the process of its charging with spent nuclear fuel is proposed. A computing method and results obtained by it for conservative estimation of the time of vacuum drying of a container charged with spent nuclear fuel by technologies with quantization and without quantization of the lower fuel element cluster are presented. It has been shown that the absence of quantization in loading spent fuel increases several times the time of vacuum drying of the metal-concrete container.
ISSN:1062-0125
1573-871X
DOI:10.1007/s10891-013-0890-3