The 7th US/German Workshop on Salt Repository Research, Design, and Operation was held in Washington, DC on September 7-9, 2016. Fundamental...
The report presents status and progress for preliminary design concepts and thermal analysis for crystalline and salt host media. The report...
The report documents the analysis of the NAC International, Inc. (NAC) Modular, Advanced Generation, Nuclear All-purpose STORage (MAGNASTOR) module...
This report provides a status of the work to assess the information needs for evaluating the safety of defense waste repository considering both...
In an effort coordinated by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UNFD / Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition team has advanced active collaboration with...
The objective of the Crystalline Disposal R&D is to advance our understanding of long-term disposal of used fuel in crystalline rocks and to...
The report describes the ongoing disposal R&D efforts on the advancement and refinement of coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical ...
The report provides a detailed description of fiscal year (FY) 2015 test result corrections and analysis updates based on FY 2016 updates to the...
The purpose of this research effort is to determine the effects of canister and/or cask drying and storage on radial hydride precipitation in, and...
The goal of the described work is to determine the stress states that exist at various locations within a typical storage canister by evaluating...
This project obtains data to support the enhancement of the technical bases for the extended storage and transportation of high burnup (HBU) (>...
The 6th US/German Workshop on Salt Repository Research, Design, and Operation
Two of the high priorities for UFDC disposal R&D are design concept development and disposal system modeling; these are directly addressed in...
High-burnup spent nuclear fuel cladding has a significant amount of microcracks and hydrides which will reduce the stress intensity required for...
The purpose of the research effort is to determine the effects of canister and/or cask drying and storage on radial hydride precipitation in, and...
The objective of the Crystalline Disposal R&D Work Package is to advance our understanding of long-term disposal of used fuel in crystalline...
The goal of work described in this document is to assess the effects of the manufacturing process on canister performance by evaluating the...
The report provides a technically based gas sampling frequency strategy for the High-Burnup (HBU) Confirmatory Data Project. The evaluation of 1)...
This study has evaluated the technical feasibility of direct disposal in a geologic repository, of commercial spent nuclear fuel (SNF) in dual...
The document summarizes how a new round of staged thermal field testing will help to augment the safety case for disposal of heat generating...
This report documents experimental work evaluating localized corrosion of container and canister materials performed at Sandia National...
The objective of the Crystalline Disposal R&D work is to advance our understanding of long-term disposal of used fuel in crystalline rocks and...
This report provides a status of the performance of a systematic study of used nuclear fuel (UNF, also known as “spent nuclear fuel” [SNF])...
The purpose of this research effort is to determine the effects of canister/cask vacuum drying and storage on radial hydride precipitation in high...
This report describes the current status of international collaboration regarding geologic disposal research in the Used Fuel Disposition (UFD)...
