A benchtop comparison of drying methods relevant to failed spent nuclear fuel

A drying rig has been constructed to allow detailed comparison of both vacuum drying and flowed gas drying of spent nuclear fuels in response to the upcoming closure of the Thorp reprocessing facility at Sellafield, UK. Drying will be needed ahead of disposal possibly ahead of dry interim storage of...

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Published inProgress in nuclear energy (New series) Vol. 115; pp. 120 - 125
Main Authors Goode, James B., Hambley, David I., Hanson, Bruce C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2019
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Subjects
AGR
Cracks
Dry storage
Drying
Drying agents
Energy consumption
Gas cooled reactors
Nuclear fuel
Nuclear fuels
Pinholes
Reprocessing
Spent nuclear fuels
Stainless steel
Stainless steels
Stress corrosion cracking
Pinholes
Cracks
Nuclear fuel
Dry storage
AGR
Stainless steel
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1878-4224
DOI10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.03.025

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Abstract A drying rig has been constructed to allow detailed comparison of both vacuum drying and flowed gas drying of spent nuclear fuels in response to the upcoming closure of the Thorp reprocessing facility at Sellafield, UK. Drying will be needed ahead of disposal possibly ahead of dry interim storage of stainless steel clad Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor fuel. A large number of tests have been carried out using the same small scale simulated fuel pin. The overall results suggest that the drying rate obtained from vacuum drying is significantly higher than when carrying out flowed gas drying. When energy usage is accounted for the drying efficiency is increased still further. Testing also considered different defects; pinholes and stress corrosion cracks. Despite the theoretical open area of the crack being potentially greater than for a pinhole, the pinholed samples were found to have a considerably higher drying rate.
AbstractList A drying rig has been constructed to allow detailed comparison of both vacuum drying and flowed gas drying of spent nuclear fuels in response to the upcoming closure of the Thorp reprocessing facility at Sellafield, UK. Drying will be needed ahead of disposal possibly ahead of dry interim storage of stainless steel clad Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor fuel. A large number of tests have been carried out using the same small scale simulated fuel pin. The overall results suggest that the drying rate obtained from vacuum drying is significantly higher than when carrying out flowed gas drying. When energy usage is accounted for the drying efficiency is increased still further. Testing also considered different defects; pinholes and stress corrosion cracks. Despite the theoretical open area of the crack being potentially greater than for a pinhole, the pinholed samples were found to have a considerably higher drying rate.
A drying rig has been constructed to allow detailed comparison of both vacuum drying and flowed gas drying of spent nuclear fuels in response to the upcoming closure of the Thorp reprocessing facility at Sellafield, UK. Drying will be needed ahead of disposal possibly ahead of dry interim storage of stainless steel clad Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor fuel. A large number of tests have been carried out using the same small scale simulated fuel pin. The overall results suggest that the drying rate obtained from vacuum drying is significantly higher than when carrying out flowed gas drying. When energy usage is accounted for the drying efficiency is increased still further. Testing also considered different defects; pinholes and stress corrosion cracks. Despite the theoretical open area of the crack being potentially greater than for a pinhole, the pinholed samples were found to have a considerably higher drying rate.
Author Hambley, David I.
Goode, James B.
Hanson, Bruce C.
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Gas cooled reactors
Nuclear fuel
Nuclear fuels
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Reprocessing
Spent nuclear fuels
Stainless steel
Stainless steels
Stress corrosion cracking
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