Design of a protective container

for fuel-containing materials

Prepared by: Serhii Kupriianchuk

Junior Researcher of Decommission department
Institute for Safety Problems of NPPs,
Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences
E-mail: s.kupriianchuk.@ispnpp.kiev.ua
Plan
• Safety criteria for a protective container
• Input data for determining the isotopic composition
• Conducting calculations of radiation and depletion of RBMK fuel
• Results of calculations isotopic composition
• Development of a simple container model and Conduct calculation of
dose rate on the surface of the container
• Conclusions
• Plans for the future

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Safety Criteria
• The total weight of the container shall not exceed 2 tons;
• The dose rate on the surface of the container shall not exceed 2
mSv/h;
• The maximum heat load shall not exceed 0,99 kW;
• Criticality safety of fuel-containing material shall be ensured.

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Input data for calculation depletion
Fuel concentration:
C(235U) =2%;
C(234U) =0,0089*C(235U), %;
C(236U)=0,0046*C(235U), %;
C(238U)=100%-(C(235U) - C(234U) - C(236U) ), %;

Irradiation time = 715 effective days

Decay time = 33 years =12045 days

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Geometry and Materials data
𝜌(fuel) =9.393 g/cm ; T=873 K
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𝜌(clad) =6.45 g/cm3: T= 558 K

𝜌(coolant) =0.76 g/cm3 T= 558 K
𝜌(graphite moderator) =1.65 g/cm3 T= 558 K
𝜌(guide tube) =6.45 g/cm3; T= 558 K
𝜌(assembly clad) =6.45 g/cm3; T= 558 K
𝜌(central tube) =0.00125 g/cm3; T= 558 K
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Keff for 715 irradiation days calculation in
TRITON module
1.36
1.34
1.32
1.3
1.28
1.26
Keff

1.24
1.22
1.2
1.18
1.16
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Days

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 Change the activity over time

Nuclides Activity, Bq (1986) Activity, Bq/g (2019)

cs137 1.834E+14 8.56E+13
ba137m 1.731E+14 8.08E+13
sr90 1.755E+14 7.79E+13
y90 1.712E+14 7.79E+13
pm147 6.017E+14 1.20E+11
kr85 2.338E+13 2.77E+12
pu241 6.990E+12 1.42E+12
sm151 2.676E+12 2.11E+12
pu239 1.382E+12 1.43E+12
eu155 3.527E+12 2.67E+10
h3 7.462E+11 1.17E+11
pu240 2.414E+11 2.41E+11
sb125 1.116E+13 2.72E+09
total 6.747E+17 3.31E+14

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 Change the spectrum over time

Photon spectrum Neutron spectrum

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MCNP model simple container
• Characteristics:
Source:
Isotopic compositions
V1= 0.042 m3;
R1=15 cm; H1= 58 cm;
Density(g/cm3) = 2.4

Container:
Stainless steel 304
V2= 0.1955 m3;
R2=30 cm; H2= 84 cm;
Density(g/cm3) = 8.0
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Conclusions
• Identified the basic safety criteria for the protective
container;
• Created cross section library for the determination of
the isotopic composition of fuel;
• Calculated the dose rate on the surface of the simple
container, which is 5.82 mSv/h.

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Plans for the future:

to calculate the criticality behavior of fuel-containing

material in the container, sensitivity study for isotopic
composition and develop a more precise and efficient
design of the container.

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Thank you for attention!