Journal of Nuclear Energy Science & Power Generation TechnologyISSN: 2325-9809

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Mosebetsi J Leotlela Author

Subjects of specialization
Water ingress; Direct perturbation; Sensitivity of keff to water ingress; Sensitivity coefficient; Axial profile; Preferential water ingress

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Regulations and Licensing, Koeberg Operating Unit, Eskom Enterprises Park, Sunninghill, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Mosebetsi J Leotlela Regulations and Licensing, Koeberg Operating Unit, Eskom Enterprises Park, Sunninghill, Johannesburg, South Africa  


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Preferential Water Ingress into a Dry Spent Fuel Cask

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Mosebetsi J Leotlela, Eugene Taviv, Zama Mkhize

Water ingress into a fissile system, such as may occur during transportation of spent fuel casks, or in storage casks, may result in a significant increase in the keff of that system, which, if it were not accounted for in the abnormal operating or accident analysis of the cask, could potentially result in an inadvertent nuclear excursion with severe nuclear and radiological consequences.

This paper will provide the results of an analysis of a gradual increase in water level in spent fuel casks and will discuss the way the keff of the system responds to such an increase. It will also provide the results of a preferential water ingress analysis, which sought to answer the question that if there is change in the keff of the... view moreĀ»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9809.1000159

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