slides - CFD Best Practice Guidelines (NUREG-2152), Thermal Modeling Issues, and Generic Communications Related to Vacuum Drying Operations
Presented at the NEI Used Fuel Management Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, May 7-9, 2013
THERMAL PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY STUDIES IN SUPPORT OF MATERIAL MODELING FOR EXTENDED STORAGE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL
The work reported here is an investigation of the sensitivity of component temperatures in a specific storage system, including fuel cladding temperatures, in response to modeling assumptions that differ from design-basis, including age-related changes that could degrade the thermal behavior of the system. Preliminary evaluations of representative horizontal and vertical storage systems at design basis conditions provides general insight into the expected behavior of storage systems over extended periods of time.
