A Monte Carlo Program for Modeling Particulate Flows through Pinhole Breaches in Spent Fuel Canisters

October 10, 2007

Journal Article

A Monte Carlo Program for Modeling Particulate Flows through Pinhole Breaches in Spent Fuel Canisters

Abstract

A Monte Carlo model has been developed to examine depressurization times and the possibility of defect plugging via particulates.

Revised: July 9, 2010 | Published: October 10, 2007

Citation

Casella A.M., S.K. Loyalka, and B.D. Hanson. 2007. A Monte Carlo Program for Modeling Particulate Flows through Pinhole Breaches in Spent Fuel Canisters. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 91. PNNL-SA-55747.