Pinhole Breaches in Spent Fuel Containers: Some Modeling Considerations

June 4, 2006

Conference Paper

Pinhole Breaches in Spent Fuel Containers: Some Modeling Considerations

Abstract

This paper replaces PNNL-SA-48024 and incorporates the ANS reviewer's comments, including the change in the title. Numerical methods to solve the equations for gas diffusion through very small breaches in spent fuel containers are presented and compared with previous literature results.

Revised: July 28, 2006 | Published: June 4, 2006

Citation

Casella A.M., S.K. Loyalka, and B.D. Hanson. 2006. Pinhole Breaches in Spent Fuel Containers: Some Modeling Considerations. In 2006 ANS Annual Meeting, Reno Nevada, June 4-8, 2006. Published in Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 94, 80-81. La Grange Park, Illinois:American Nuclear Society. PNNL-SA-48796.