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NWTRB to hold public meeting on SNF disposal and corrosion
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, an independent federal agency that evaluates the Department of Energy’s efforts to manage and dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, will hold a two-day public meeting May 21–22 to review information on the DOE’s research and development activities related to the disposal of SNF and HLW in crystalline host rocks and on the corrosion of commercial SNF after disposal.
Koji Oishi, Yujiro Ikeda, Chikara Konno, Tomoo Nakamura
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | September 1990 | Pages 291-309
Technical Paper | Shielding | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29301
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The principal components of concrete were irradiated by 14-MeV neutrons for measurement of their induced activities to verify the activation calculation code THIDA-2 and its related cross-section library CROSSLIB. The observed radioactive nuclides, whose half-lives range from minutes to years, were 28Al, 29Al, 27Mg, 44K, 41Ar, 56Mn, 42K, 24Na, 43K, 48Sc, 47Sc, 47Ca, 46Sc, 54Mn, and 22Na, Experimental and calculated results were compared. Good agreement was obtained within ±20%, for 28Al, 56Mn, 42K, 24Na, 48Sc, 47Ca, 46Sc, and 54Mn with well-estimated production cross sections. Large differences were also observed, however, ranging in value from −50 to +100%, for the other nuclides. The cross-section values near 14 MeV for these nuclides were replaced with the cross-section data measured at the Fusion Neutronics Source at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute. Recalculation was performed using the newly estimated group cross sections derived from these data, and agreement between experiment and calculation was improved to within ±20%. From this experimental study, it was proved that the uncertainties of the activation cross-section values could satisfactorily explain the discrepancies of the induced activity calculation.
