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Nuclear Technology | Volume 63 | Number 2 | November 1983 | Pages 347-350
Technical Note | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT83-A33293
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The potential effect of low-density water moderation on an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (dry type) was investigated. As a function of water density, k∞ was determined for several water-flooding sequences. Calculations were performed for both unirradiated fuel assemblies and fuel at a burnup of 24 GWd/tonne M.