NUMERICAL MODELING OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER PROCESSES IN THE TRANSFER OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL FROM "WET" TO "DRY" CASK STORAGE

The paper describes in brief the heat and mass transfer processes in the transfer of spent nuclear fuel of the RBMK100 reactor from "wet" to "dry" cask storage. The algorithms are described and the results are presented of the "through" calculation of the heat and mass transfer processes in ampoules and in a metal–concrete cask at various stages of spent nuclear fuel management.
The paper describes in brief the heat and mass transfer processes in the transfer of spent nuclear fuel of the RBMK100 reactor from "wet" to "dry" cask storage. The algorithms are described and the results are presented of the "through" calculation of the heat and mass transfer processes in ampoules and in a metal–concrete cask at various stages of spent nuclear fuel management.
Author:  Yu. E. Karyakin, A. A. Pletnev, and E. D. Fedorovich
Keywords:  nuclear power plant, spent nuclear fuel, metal–concrete cask, vacuum drying, long-term storage of casks, computational modeling
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