Passive methods for spent fuel characterisation at the Finnish geological repository

P. Dendooven; R. Virta; T. Tupasela; S. J. Tobin; M. Moring; T. A. Bubba; S. Siltanen; T. Kähkönen; I. Makkonen; M. Laassiri; P. Andersson; T. Honkamaa

doi:10.1393/ncc/i2023-23047-4

Passive methods for spent fuel characterisation at the Finnish geological repository

P. Dendooven
, R. Virta
, T. Tupasela
, S. J. Tobin
, M. Moring
, T. A. Bubba
, S. Siltanen
, T. Kähkönen
, I. Makkonen
, M. Laassiri
, P. Andersson
, T. Honkamaa

University of Helsinki
Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of Bath
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)

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Abstract

Development of the Passive Gamma Emission Tomography (PGET) and Passive Neutron Albedo Reactivity (PNAR) methods in the context of the Finnish geological repository for spent nuclear fuel has shown that they provide, for BWR fuel assemblies, the comprehensive verification needed to meet the nuclear safeguards objectives of the repository. The principles of the PGET and PNAR methods and the design and operation of the respective instruments are presented. A few results from measurements at the spent fuel storage pools at the Finnish nuclear power plants are discussed. The directions of ongoing and future developments are indicated.

Original language	English
Article number	47
Number of pages	11
Journal	Il Nuovo Cimento C
Volume	46
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1393/ncc/i2023-23047-4
Publication status	Published - 19 Jul 2023
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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The authors wish to acknowledge CSC − IT Center for Science, Finland, for computational resources to perform the Serpent2 simulations.

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