Spent nuclear fuel dynamic reliability under normal condition of transport with periodic transient shocks

J. A.J. Wang, H. Wang, H. Jiang

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Abstract

The objective of this project is to evaluate the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) vibration integrity under normal condition of transport. The SNF fatigue strength data has been collected from pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactor under simulated transportation environments using the Cyclic Integrated Reversible-Bending Fatigue Tester (CIRFT). CIRFT is an enabling hot-cell testing technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This data will be used to support on-going SNF modeling activities, in addition to addressing licensing issues associated with SNF transport. The recent study showing accelerated SNF fatigue aging due to periodic transient shocks, induced by fuel assembly contact interactions, in combination with the normal vibration loads will also be discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICF 2017 - 14th International Conference on Fracture
EditorsEmmanuel E. Gdoutos
PublisherInternational Conference on Fracture
Pages165-166
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9780000000002
StatePublished - 2017
Event14th International Conference on Fracture, ICF 2017 - Rhodes, Greece
Duration: Jun 18 2017Jun 20 2017

Publication series

NameICF 2017 - 14th International Conference on Fracture
Volume1

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Fracture, ICF 2017
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityRhodes
Period06/18/1706/20/17

Funding

Notice: This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC0500OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for the United States Government purposes. This research was sponsored by the US DOE Used Fuel Disposition Campaign and US NRC under DOE contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with UT-Battelle, LLC. Authors thank program manager Michelle Bales and Bruce Bevard for providing support to the project.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-AC05-00OR22725
Battelle
AOL
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Anaphylaxis Campaign
National Research Council

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