Pennsylvania State University presently possesses approximately 415 Pathfinder fuel elements which require shipment from their nuclear facility. It is planned to use Model No. RA-3 shipping containers for shipment of these elements. Certificate of Compliance No. 4986, Revision No. 22, Docket No. 71-4986 authorizes the use of these containers for Fissile Class 1 shipments of UO(sub 2) fuel assemblies and UO(sub 2) fuel rods with parameters similar to the Pathfinder fuel elements. Criticality safety calculations have been performed with the Monte Carlo code, KENO-V.a and 16-group Hansen-Roach cross sections for shipment of Pathfinder fuel elements in Model No. RA-3 shipping containers. The analysis is described and the results are given in this report. This analysis demonstrates that the RA-3 container with Pathfinder fuel elements complies with the requirements of 10 CFR 71.59 for Fissile Class 2 shipping containers with six as the allowable number of containers in a single shipment. 5 refs., 5 tabs., 6 figs.
Criticality safety evaluation for pathfinder fuel elements in model No. RA-3 shipping containers. Revision 2
1990
34 pages
Report
No indication
English
Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Radiation Shielding, Protection, & Safety , Reactor Physics , Fuel Cans , Fuel Elements , Accidents , Annealing , Boron , Cladding , Damage , Design , Dimensions , Engineered Safety Systems , Fissile Materials , Flanges , Incoloy 800 , Metallurgy , Performance Testing , Risk Assessment , Specifications , Steels , Titanium , Transport , EDB/050900 , EDB/360101 , EDB/360103 , Spent fuel casks , Criticality