On the estimation of nuclide inventory and decay heat: a review from the EURAD European project

Dimitri Alexandre Rochman; Francisco Álvarez-Velarde; Ron Dagan; Luca Fiorito; Silja Häkkinen; Marjan Kromar; Ana Muñoz; Sonia Panizo-Prieto; Pablo Romojaro; Peter Schillebeeckx; Marcus Seidl; Ahmed Shama; Gasper Žerovnik

doi:10.1051/epjn/2022055

On the estimation of nuclide inventory and decay heat: a review from the EURAD European project

Dimitri Alexandre Rochman (Corresponding Author), Francisco Álvarez-Velarde, Ron Dagan, Luca Fiorito, Silja Häkkinen, Marjan Kromar, Ana Muñoz, Sonia Panizo-Prieto, Pablo Romojaro, Peter Schillebeeckx, Marcus Seidl, Ahmed Shama, Gasper Žerovnik

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In this work, a study dedicated to the characterization of the neutronics aspect of the Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF), as part of the European project EURAD (Work Package 8), is presented. Both measured nuclide concentrations from Post Irradiation Examination samples and decay heat from calorimetric measurements are compared to simulations performed by different partners of the project. Based on these detailed studies and data from the published literature, recommendations are proposed with respect to best practices for SNF modelling, as well as biases and uncertainties for a number of important nuclides and the SNF decay heat for a cooling period from 1 to 1000 years. Finally, specific needs are presented for the improvement of current code prediction capabilities.

Original language	English
Article number	14
Journal	EPJ Nuclear Sciences and Technologies
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2022055
Publication status	Published - 2023
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Rochman, D. A., Álvarez-Velarde, F., Dagan, R., Fiorito, L., Häkkinen, S., Kromar, M., Muñoz, A., Panizo-Prieto, S., Romojaro, P., Schillebeeckx, P., Seidl, M., Shama, A., & Žerovnik, G. (2023). On the estimation of nuclide inventory and decay heat: a review from the EURAD European project. EPJ Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, 9, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2022055

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