TY - BOOK
T1 - Initial Neutronics and Thermal-Hydraulic Coupling for Spent Nuclear Fuel Canister
AU - Davidson, Gregory G.
AU - Swinney, Mathew W.
AU - Johnson, Seth R.
AU - Bhatt, Santosh
AU - Banerjee, Kaushik
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This report documents work performed supporting the US Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Energy Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition, Spent Fuel and Waste Science and Technology, under work breakdown structure element 1.08.01.03.05, “Direct Disposal of Dual Purpose Canisters.” In particular, this appendix fulfills the M3 milestone, M3SF-19OR010305015, “Multiphysics criticality consequence analysis capability development status report,” as Revision 1 to M3SF-19OR010305016, “Initial neutronic and thermal hydraulic coupling for waste package” within work package SF-19OR01030501, “Direct Disposal of Dual Purpose Canisters–ORNL.” This report presents the initial development status of a multiphysics criticality consequence simulation framework, Terrenus. Terrenus currently couples two physics codes: the Monte Carlo radiation transport code Shift and the thermal-hydraulics code COBRA-SFS. The coupling capability has been demonstrated using a simplified 3 x 3 fuel pin lattice. Terrenus will be developed further to include (1) general geometry package support, allowing modeling of a spent nuclear fuel (SNF) cask with all structural details, (2) a depletion solver to determine the change in nuclide composition at the end of each time step, and (3) a mechanics code to determine any structural impact due to a criticality event. Future research and development works include identifying/developing a modern two-phase thermal-hydraulics code and developing an approach to solve fast neutronic transients. The goal of this multiphysics framework is to determine the feasibility of direct disposal of currently loaded SNF canisters by including or excluding a criticality event from a repository performance analysis framework in terms of consequences. The revision 1 to this report includes extending Terrenus to a 17 x 17 pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel assembly. We also investigated the phenomena necessary to quench a critical reaction, and investigated the water level necessary to achieve criticality in a typical canister. Finally, we describe the initial implementation of a critical power search capability.
AB - This report documents work performed supporting the US Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Energy Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition, Spent Fuel and Waste Science and Technology, under work breakdown structure element 1.08.01.03.05, “Direct Disposal of Dual Purpose Canisters.” In particular, this appendix fulfills the M3 milestone, M3SF-19OR010305015, “Multiphysics criticality consequence analysis capability development status report,” as Revision 1 to M3SF-19OR010305016, “Initial neutronic and thermal hydraulic coupling for waste package” within work package SF-19OR01030501, “Direct Disposal of Dual Purpose Canisters–ORNL.” This report presents the initial development status of a multiphysics criticality consequence simulation framework, Terrenus. Terrenus currently couples two physics codes: the Monte Carlo radiation transport code Shift and the thermal-hydraulics code COBRA-SFS. The coupling capability has been demonstrated using a simplified 3 x 3 fuel pin lattice. Terrenus will be developed further to include (1) general geometry package support, allowing modeling of a spent nuclear fuel (SNF) cask with all structural details, (2) a depletion solver to determine the change in nuclide composition at the end of each time step, and (3) a mechanics code to determine any structural impact due to a criticality event. Future research and development works include identifying/developing a modern two-phase thermal-hydraulics code and developing an approach to solve fast neutronic transients. The goal of this multiphysics framework is to determine the feasibility of direct disposal of currently loaded SNF canisters by including or excluding a criticality event from a repository performance analysis framework in terms of consequences. The revision 1 to this report includes extending Terrenus to a 17 x 17 pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel assembly. We also investigated the phenomena necessary to quench a critical reaction, and investigated the water level necessary to achieve criticality in a typical canister. Finally, we describe the initial implementation of a critical power search capability.
KW - 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
KW - 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
U2 - 10.2172/1659634
DO - 10.2172/1659634
M3 - Commissioned report
BT - Initial Neutronics and Thermal-Hydraulic Coupling for Spent Nuclear Fuel Canister
CY - United States
ER -