PPT-CRITICALITY SAFETY ANALYSIS OF AS-LOADED SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL

Kaushik Banerjee and John M Scaglione Oak Ridge National Laboratory Contact banerjeek ornlgov International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety September 1317 2015 Charlotte NC. Hydrogenpowered fuel cells are not only pollutionfree but also can have more than two times the e57375ciency of traditional combustion technologies WLRQ5735957347KGURJHQ57347JDV5734757536RZV57347WKURXJK57347FKDQ WKH57347FDWKRGH57361573477KLV57347575 Presentation to . California Energy Commission. David Lochbaum. Director, Nuclear Safety Project. . April 27, 2015. Nuclear Fuel Cycle. 2. Image Source: American Physical Society, 2005. Interim Storage Risk. Kaushik Banerjee, . John M. . Scaglione. , John C. Wagner, and Robert A. Lefebvre. . Oak Ridge National Laboratory. banerjeek@ornl.gov. ORACS Workshop. May. 19-21, 2015. Albuquerque, NM. Outline. Organizations. American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Promulgation of standards. Nation’s point guard for international standardization (ISO). ANS. American Nuclear Society. Joint numbers with ANSI. Russian experience and new reactor deals. . Vladimir . Slivyak. Russian industry. State nuclear corporation “. Rosatom. ” established in 2007 (owned by the government but its shares can be sold whenever gov’t decides so)/there is national operator for radioactive wastes in the corporation. Go over the syllabus. Go over the schedule. How evaluated. Course philosophy. Importance of criticality safety out there. Get SCALE. Think like a neutron. Course workload. How you are evaluated. Two tests on text material. Fission produces highly radioactive isotopes. All of the highly radioactive materials on earth have been produced by fission.. Cs-137 (Cesium-137). Cs-137 is . produced by nuclear fission . for use in medical devices and gauges. . Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR). February 15, 2018 . Introductions. 2. John Ohrenberger. Decommissioning Director. Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. Pilgrim Future Milestones. Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is planning to cease power . Presentation to Idaho LINE Commission. January 2017. United States Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. FOCUSED MISSION . Provide militarily effective nuclear propulsion plants and ensure . their safe, reliable, and long-lived operation. Talk given at earth, wind, & fire energy summit. d. allas. , . texas. , October 4, 2014. Arjun . Makhijani. , . ph.d.. www.ieer.org. Nuclear binary: All or nothing (24/7 or 0/365). More than five dozen light water reactors prematurely shut for the long term or forever since 2011. Five in the United States for various reasons in 2013. . NIMBY. The current methods of storage are running out of space and are not intended for long-term use. The government was required by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to provide long-term storage for waste. Getting to the Core of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle AREVA Cameco1Mining and Milling from Mined Uranium to Yellow Cake 2 Conversion from Yellow Cake to Gas 4Enrichment Increa EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH COOPERATION. LEONARDO . PARDO. , GUSTAVO DIAZ, STELLA MARIS BONET . DURAN. Nuclear Regulatory . Authority. Buenos Aires, Argentina. SONIA FERNANDEZ MORENO, LUIS MACHADO DA . SILVA. The IAEA International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Sustainable Clean Energy for the Future (FR22). , 19 - 22 . April 2022, IAEA, Vienna, Austria. Chebeskov. Alexander. Principal Scientist.