Effect of high burn-up and MOX fuel on reprocessing, vitrification and disposal of PWR and BWR spent fuels based on accurate burn-up calculation

Takamichi Yoshikawa, Tomohiko Iwasaki, Koutaro Wada, Kenya Suyama

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Abstract

To examine the procedures of the reprocessing, the vitrification and the geologic disposal, precise burn-up calculation for high burn-up and MOX fuels has been performed for not only PWR but also BWR by using SWAT and SWAT2 codes which are the integrated bum-up calculation code systems combined with the bum-up calculation code, ORIGEN2, and the transport calculation code, SRAC (the collision probability method) or MVP (the continuous energy Monte Carlo method), respectively. The calculation results shows that all of the evaluated items (heat generation and concentrations of Mo and Pt) largely increase and those significantly effect to the current procedures of the vitrification and the geologic disposal. The calculation result by SWAT2 confirms that the bundle calculation is required for BWR to be discussed about those effects in details, especially for the MOX fuel.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Dec 1
EventPHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Duration: 2006 Sep 10 → 2006 Sep 14

Publication series

NamePHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics
Volume2006

Other

OtherPHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics
CountryCanada
CityVancouver, BC
Period06/9/10 → 06/9/14

Keywords

  • High burn-up
  • Intern storage
  • MOX fuel
  • SWAT
  • SWAT2
  • Waste disposal
  • Waste glass
  • Waste loading

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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    Yoshikawa, T., Iwasaki, T., Wada, K., & Suyama, K. (2006). Effect of high burn-up and MOX fuel on reprocessing, vitrification and disposal of PWR and BWR spent fuels based on accurate burn-up calculation. In PHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics (PHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics; Vol. 2006).