Study of fukushima daiichi nuclear power station unit 4 spent-fuel pool

Dean Wang, Ian C. Gauld, Graydon L. Yoder, Larry J. Ott, George F. Flanagan, Matthew W. Francis, Emilian L. Popov, Juan J. Carbajo, Prashant K. Jain, John C. Wagner, Jess C. Gehin

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Abstract

A study on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station spent-fuel pool (SFP) at Unit 4 (SFP4) is presented in this paper. We discuss the design characteristics of SFP4 and its decay heat load in detail and provide a model that we developed to estimate the SFP evaporation rate based on the SFP temperature. The SFP level of SFP4 following the March 11 2011, accident is predicted based on the fundamental conservation laws of mass and energy. Our predicted SFP level and temperatures are in good agreement with measured data and are consistent with Tokyo Electric Power Company evaluation results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-215
Number of pages11
JournalNuclear Technology
Volume180
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2012

Keywords

  • Evaporation
  • Fukushima daiichi
  • Spent-fuel pool

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