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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jnfcwt.2019.17.2.167

International Research Status on Spent Nuclear Fuel Structural Integrity Tests Considering Vibration and Shock Loads Under Normal Conditions of Transport  

Lim, JaeHoon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Cho, Sang Soon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Choi, Woo-seok (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.17, no.2, 2019 , pp. 167-181 More about this Journal
Abstract
Currently, the development of evaluation technology for vibration and shock load characteristics and spent nuclear fuel structural integrity under normal conditions of transport is being conducted in the Republic of Korea. This is the first such research conducted in the Republic of Korea and, thus, previous international studies need to be investigated and will be referred to in the ongoing project. Before 2000, several studies related to measurement of vibration and shock loads on spent nuclear fuel were conducted in the US. US national research institutes conducted uniaxial fuel assembly shaker tests, concrete block tests, and multi-axis fuel assembly tests between 2009 and 2016. In 2017, multi-modal transportation tests including road, sea, and rail transport were also performed by research institutes from the US, Spain and the Republic of Korea. Therefore, test preparation procedures, acceleration and strain measurement results, and finite-element and multi-body dynamics analysis were investigated. Based on the measured strain data, the preliminary conclusion was obtained that the measured strain was too small to cause damage to spent nuclear fuel rods. However, this conclusion is a preliminary conclusion that only reviews part of the results; a detailed review is being conducted in the US. The investigation of international studies on spent nuclear fuel structural integrity tests considering vibration and shock loads under normal conditions of transport in the US will be useful data for the project being conducted in the Republic of Korea.
Keywords
Normal condition of transport; Vibration and shock; Spent nuclear fuel; Structural integrity; Transportability;
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