Deep Boreholes Attributes and Performance Requirements
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NFC-120.pdf
Description
NFC-120.pdf
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1.72 MB
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Adobe PDF
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Author(s)
Driscoll, Michael J.
Jensen, K. G.
Date Issued
May 1, 2010
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program
Series/Report no.
MIT-NFC;PR-120
Abstract
This is a progress report covering work through mid-May 2010 under a Sandia-MIT contract
dealing with design and siting/licensing criteria for deep borehole disposal of spent nuclear fuel
or its separated constituents.
It consists of additional short technical notes which scope out the performance-related
requirements of a deep borehole repository. The most important changes since our last report are
reversion to a single-branch vertical borehole (as recommended in the March 15 Workshop), and
the consequential recommended adoption of a cast iron canister to alleviate the resulting bottom
canister crushing threat.
The case is also made that post closure nuclear criticality is not a credible scenario, with a very
large margin of safety, even under very conservative assumptions.
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