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Nuclide Importance to 

Criticality Safety, Decay 

Heating, and Source 

Terms Related to 

Transport and Interim 

Storage of High-Burnup 

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Nuclide Importance to 

Criticality Safety, Decay 

Heating, and Source 

Terms Related to 

Transport and Interim 

Storage of High-Burn up 

LWRFuel 

Manuscript Completed: December 2000 

Date Published: January 2001 

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ABSTRACT 

This report investigates trends in the radiological decay properties and changes in relative nuclide importance 

associated with increasing enrichments and burnup for spent L WR fuel as they affect the areas of criticality 

safety, thermal analysis (decay heat), and shielding analysis of spent fuel transport and storage casks. To 

facilitate identifying the changes in the spent fuel compositions that most directly impact these application 

areas, the dominant nuclides in each area have been identified and ranked by importance. The importance is 

investigated as a function of increasing burnup to assist in identifying the key changes in spent fuel 

characteristics between conventional- and extended-burnup regimes. Studies involving both pressurizedwater-reactor (PWR) fuel assemblies and boiling-water-reactor (BWR) assemblies are included. This study 

is seen to be a necessary first step in identifying the high-burnup spent fuel characteristics that may adversely 

affect the accuracy of current computational methods and data, assess the potential impact on previous 

guidance on isotopic source terms and decay-heat values, and thus help identify areas for methods and data 

improvement. Finally, several recommendatiom on the direction of possible future code validation efforts 

for high-burnup spent fuel predictions are presented. 

iii 
CONTENTS 

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................................ iii 

LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................................... vii 

LIST OFT ABLES ........................................................................................................................................ ix 

ACKN"OWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................................. xi 

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1 

1.1 Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... ! 

2. ANALYSIS APPROACH ..................................................................................................................... 3 

2.1 Areas of Interest ............................................................................................................................ 3 

2. 2 Range of Study ............................................................................................................................. 3 

2.3 Depletion-Analysis Models ........................................................................................................... 5 

2.4 Cask Models ................................................................................................................................. 7 

2.5 Shielding Analyses ..................................................................................................................... '. .. 7 

2.6 Ranking Studies ............................................................................................................................ 8 

3. CRITICALITY SAFETY ...................................................................................................................... 9 

3.1 Criticality-Safety Rankings ......................................................................................................... 11 

4. DECAYHEAT ................................................................................................................................... 23 

4.1 I>ecay-Heat Rankings .................................................................................................................. 26 

5. RADIATION SIIlELDING ................................................................................................................ 31 

5.1 NeutronSources .......................................................................................................................... 31 

5.2 Radionuclide Rankings ............................................................................................................... 41 

6. SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................... 53 

7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................... 57 

8. REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................... 59 

APPENDIX A: COMPUTER CODE INPUT AND OUTPUT LISTINGS ................................................... 61 

V 
LIST OF FIGURES 

Figure 

1 Historical and projected L WR spent fuel discharge burnup .................................................................. 4 

2 Absorption fractions for 5-wt % PWR fuel as a function of burnup ................................................... 10 

3 Fraction of total neutron absorptions from actinides for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

5-year cooling ................................................................................................................................... 12 

4 Fraction of total neutron absorptions from actinides for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

100-year cooling ............................................................................................................................... 13 

5 Fraction of total neutron absorptions from fission products for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

5-year cooling ................................................................................................................................... 14 

6 Fraction of total neutron absorptions from fission products for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

100-year cooling ............................................................................................................................... 15 

7 Decay-heat-rate profiles for 5-wt % 235U PWR fuel, 5-year cooling ................................................... 24 

8 Decay-heat-rate profiles for 5-wt % 2350 PWR fuel, 100-year cooling ............................................... 25 

9 Fraction of decay-heat generation for 5-wt % 235U PWR fuel, 5-year cooling ..................................... 27 

10 Fraction of decay-heat generation for 5-wt % 235U PWR fuel, 100-year cooling ................................. 28 

11 Neutron dose rates for steel cask with 5-wt % PWR fuel ................................................................... 32 

12 Gamma dose rates for steel cask with 5-wt % PWR fuel... ................................................................. 33 

13 Relative contribution of neutrons to the total dose rate for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

concrete storage cask ........................................................................................................................ 34 

14 Relative contribution of neutrons to the total dose rate for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

steel transport cask ............................................................................................................................ 35 

15 Relative contribution of neutrons to the total dose rate for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

lead cask ........................................................................................................................................... 36 

16 Contribution of (a,n) and spontaneous fission neutron sources for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

5-year cooling ................................................................................................................................... 37 

17 Contribution of (a,n) and spontaneous fission neutron sources for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

100-year cooling ............................................................................................................................... 38 

vii 
LIST OF FIGURES (continued) 

Figure 

18 Neutron source from 1 metric tonne (t) of PWR fuel; 27.5 GWd/t .................................................... 39 

19 Neutron source from 1 metric tonne (t) of PWR fuel; 60 GWd/t ....................................................... 40 

20 Relative importance of the dominant spontaneous fission actinides for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

5-year cooling ................................................................................................................................... 42 

21 Relative importance of the dominant spontaneous fission actinides for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

100-year cooling ............................................................................................................................... 43 

22 Fraction of total dose from dominant nuclides in 5-wt % PWR fuel; steel transport cask, 

5-year cooling ................................................................................................................................... 44 

23 Fraction of total dose from dominant nuclides in 5-wt % PWR fuel; steel transport cask, 

100-year cooling ............................................................................................................................... 45 

24 Fraction of total dose from dominant nuclides in 5-wt % PWR fuel; concrete storage cask, 

5-year cooling ................................................................................................................................... 46 

25 Fraction of total dose from dominant nuclides in 5-wt % PWR fuel; concrete storage cask, 

100-year cooling ............................................................................................................................... 47 

26 Fraction of total dose from dominant nuclides in 5-wt % PWR fuel; lead cask, 

5-year cooling ................................................................................................................................... 48 

27 Fraction of total dose from dominant nuclides in 5-wt % PWR fuel; lead cask, 

100-year cooling ............................................................................................................................... 49 

viii 
LIST OF TABLES 

Table ~ 

1 Burnup and emicbment ranges used in high-burnup ranking studies ..................................................... 5 

2 Fuel assembly specifications ................................................................................................................ 6 

3 Assembly structural material masses .................................................................................................... 7 

4 Criticality-safety rankings for dominant actinides in PWR fuel .......................................................... 16 

5 Criticality-safety rankings for dominant fission prcxiucts in PWR fuel ............................................... 17 

6 Criticality-safety rankings for dominant actinides in BWR fuel.. ........................................................ 19 

7 Criticality-safety rankings for dominant fission prcxiucts in BWR fuel.. ............................................. 20 

8 Radionuclides decay-heat rankings for PWR fuel .............................................................................. 29 

9 Radionuclides decay heat rankings for BWR fuel .............................................................................. 30 

10 Most important nuclides in cask shielding calculations ..................................................................... .41 

11 Shielding rankings for dominant radionuclides in PWR fuel .............................................................. 50 

12 Shielding rankings for dominant radionuclides in BWR fuel.. ............................................................ 52 

13 Summary of actinide rankings by analysis area (20-year cooling time) ............................................... 54 

14 Summary of fission- and activation-product rankings by analysis area (20-year cooling time) ............ 55 

A.1 Example of SAS2 input listing used to generate PWR isotopic compositions ..................................... 63 

A.2 Example of SAS2 input listing used to generate BWR isotopic cornpositions ..................................... 66 

A.3 ORIGEN-S and SASl shielding analysis input files (steel cask model) .............................................. 69 

A.4 Example of input listing for total dose for steel cask .......................................................................... 71 

A.5 Example of input listing for total dose for concrete cask .................................................................... 73 

A.6 Example of input listing for total dose for lead cask ........................................................................... 75 

A 7 Example of OPUS input file for absorption rankings .......................................................................... 77 

A.8 Example of OPUS nuclide importance listing output for absorption rankings ..................................... 78 

ix 
LIST OF TABLES (continued) 

Table ~ 

A9 Example of OPUS input for total decay-heat calculations .................................................................. 79 

A 10 Example of OPUS nuclide importance listing output for decay-heat rankings .................................... 80 

A 11 Example of OPUS input for dose rankings ......................................................................................... 81 

A 12 Example of OPUS nuclide importance listing output for dose rankings .............................................. 84 

X 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

1be authors acknowledge the contributions of 0. W. Hermann, B. L. Broadhead, and J. C. Wagner to 

discussions of assembly design characteristics, assembly models, and nuclide ranking. The efforts of 

W. C. Carter in preparing the manuscript, Kay Lichtenwalter in producing the plots, and C. H. Shappert in 

editing the manuscript are greatly appreciated. 1be document was reviewed by 0. W. Hermann and 

C. E. Sanders. 

xi 
1 INTRODUCTION 

The present direction in the commercial nuclear power industry is towards the use of higher initial 235U 

enrichments, more complex fuel assembly designs, and more complex core loading and fuel management 

schemes, leading to significantly highe.r-burnup fuel assemblies than seen in the past. With this increase in 

enrichment and burnup comes a need to reassess the accuracy of the codes and nuclear data used to predict 

the spent fuel isotopics and decay characteristics. This step is particularly important considering that most of 

the code validation performed in these areas has involved older assembly designs having low to mode.rate 

enrichments and discharge burnup. With the exception of spent fuel isotopic measurements that are now 

being planned or are under way, validation for extended emichment and high-burnup fuel will likely be 

limited in the near term by a lack of experimental data. This has led to a situation where the enrichments and 

burnup from operating commercial light-water-reactor (LWR) fuels now extend beyond the range where 

available experimental data can be used to validate computational methods. 

This report investigates the trends in the radiological-decay properties and changes in nuclide importance 

associated with increasing enrichments and burnup for spent L WR fuel as they affect the areas of criticality 

safety, thermal analysis (decay heat), and shielding analysis of spent fuel transport and storage casks. To 

facilitate identifying the changes in the spent fuel compositions that most directly impact these application 

areas, the dominant nuclides in each area have been identified and ranked by importance. The nuclide 

importance is investigated as a function of increasing burnup to assist in identifying the changing spent fuel 

characteristics between conventional- and extended-burnup fuel. Studies involving typical pressurizedwater-reactor (PWR) fuel assemblies and boiling-water-reactor (BWR) assembly designs are included, 

although a detailed assessment of the impact of advanced fuel assembly designs on spent fuel properties was 

beyond the scope of this study. 

1.1 Objectives 

The objective of this study is to identify the changes in the spent fuel compositions and decay properties 

associated with extended emichment and bigh-burnup spent fuel as they impact cask design, safety and 

licensing analyses. This task is accomplished primarily by using nuclide importance rankings to provide a 

measure of a nuclide's increasing or decreasing relative importance in each of the regimes for the application 

areas of criticality safety, decay-heat gene.ration. and radiation shielding. This study is seen as a first step in 

evaluating the potential challenges that high-enrichment and high-burnup fuel presents to current 

computational methods and nuclear data by (1) considerably reducing the number of isotopes that need to be 

considered, and (2) identifying the key isotopes that show the greatest variation in importance for extended 

regimes. This information is important to help identify the bigh-burnup spent fuel characteristics that may 

adversely affect the accuracy of current computational methods and data, assess the potential impact on 

previous guidance on isotopic source terms and decay heating, and thus help identify areas for methods and 

data improvement. 

This information may also be useful in assessing the applicability of existing experimental validation data for 

conventional burnup fuel to the bigh-burnup regime by identifying the degree of similarity, or difference, in 

the nuclide-importance rankings between bigh-burnup regimes and experimental-data regimes. 

Numerous studies have been published that document the validation of computer codes for the prediction of 

spent fuel isotopics and radiological-decay characteristics for conventional-burnup fuels, 1-

7 and spent fuel 

properties in this regime are believed to be relatively well known. The present report does not attempt to 

compile or summarize the earlier studies, but instead focuses on investigating and identifying the unique 

characteristics associated with high-burnup fuel. 

1 
Introduction Section 1 

Finally, several recommendations on the direction of possible future ccxle validation efforts for bigh-burnup 

spent fuel predictions are presented. 

2 
2 ANALYSIS APPROACH 

2.1 Areas of Interest 

The nuclide importance rankings presented in this work cover the areas of criticality safety, thermal analysis 

(decay-heat generation), and radiation shielding as they apply to licensing evaluations for spent fuel transport 

and interim storage casks. The nominal time range of interest is from 2 to 100 years after discharge from a 

reactor. For criticality-safety studies, neutron-abscrption fractions were used to rank the importance of the 

individual actinide and fission-product absorbers. Toe nuclide-absorption rankings were derived using totalabsorption cross sections for the nuclides in the fuel and the assembly structures, and include both fission and 

capture processes. Although absorption fractions are only an approximate measure of importance to 

criticality, rankings using absorption fractions have been found to be similar to those obtained using more 

rigorous measures of nuclide-importance. 8 The fractional contributions to the total decay-heat generation 

were used to obtain nuclide importance rankings to thermal analyses. Similarly, the fractional contribution 

of individual nuclides to the neutron and photon dose rate outside of shielded transport and storage casks 

were used for shielding rankings. For the dose-rate calculations, several cask designs were evaluated since 

the nuclide importance is dependent, not only on the source term, but also on cask shielding materials and 

configuration. 

These studies are largely an extension of previous ranking studies, reported in Ref. 9, to higher-emichments 

and higher-burnup regimes for each of the application areas and focus primarily on the changes in nuclide 

importance with increasing burnup, rather than cooling time. In addition, the present study limits the range 

of cooling times to only those relevant to transport and interim storage facilities. 

2.2 Range of Study 

The spent fuel characteristics were studied for several combinations of enrichment and burnup representative 

of current and projected near-term spent fuel assembly designs. To obtain an estimate of burnup typically 

achieved for a given initial enrichment, the L WR Characteristic Database was reviewed. 10 This database 

contains historical enrichment and burnup data (up to 1993), as well as projected data (up to 2030) for L WR 

fuel assemblies. The historical data for PWR and BWR fuel, and the projected data up to 2005, are 

illustrated in Figure 1. Each data point represents a group of 100 assemblies or more. Groups with fewer 

than 100 assemblies were excluded from the figure so as to better represent the majority of assemblies. Data 

beyond 2005 were excluded since they contained a large number of low-burnup assemblies that are thought 

to represent partially burned assemblies from decommissioned plants. 

Figure 1 indicates that the enrichment/burnup relationships for PWR and BWR assemblies are very similar. 

The estimated burnup for 5-wt %-enriched fuel is about 62 GWd/t.· For this study the highest enrichment 

considered was 5 wt % with a maximum burnup of 70 GWd/t for both reactor-type fuels. The projected 

burnups derived from the database were also reviewed against more recent commercial reactor burnup data 

from several plants that used newer fuel assembly designs than may have been considered in the L WR 

database projections. Toe assembly burnups from these plants were found to be similar to the values shown 

in Figure 1. The initial enrichment values and burnup ranges considered in this study are listed in Table 1. 

• GWd/t = gigawatt days per metric tonne uranium. 

3 
Analysis Approach 

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Enrichment (wt% U-235) 

(A) PWR Fuel 

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Enrichment (wt% U-235) 

(B) BWR Fuel 

6 

h. Historical Data 

( - 1993) 

o Projected Data 

(1993 - 2005) 

-- - - - Projected Fit 

Figure 1 Historical and projected L WR spent fuel discharge burnup 

4 

Section 2 
Section 2 Analysis Approach 

Table 1 Burnup and enrichment ranges used in bigh-burnup ranking studies 

Enrichment Burnup range studied Estimated industry-

(wt % 235U) (GWd/t) average bumup (GWd/t) 

3.0 20-40 30 

4.0 ~50 45 

5.0 ~70 62 

2.3 Depletion-Analysis Models 

The basis for the ranking studies is a common set of spent fuel compositions calculated for the different 

emichment and burnup combinations. These common compositions were applied to each of the application 

areas. Fuel assembly models were developed for both PWR and BWR types, and depletion calculations were 

performed using the SAS2 depletion analysis module of SCALE11 and the ENDF/B-V 44-group burnup 

cross-section library.12 The depletion calculations were performed using a constant specific power of 

35 MW/t as a reference with the exposure periods being adjusted to give the desired burnup. The sensitivity 

of the results to the specific power was investigated by performing additional calculations at 25 MW/t and is 

discussed in the results sections. The initial concentrations of the minor U isotopes 2~ and 236u were 

determined from the 235U emichment using the formulas in Ref. 2. 

Assembly structural materials and impurities were also included, based primarily on specifications in Ref. 2. 

A nominal cobalt impurity level of 4600 ppm (0.46 wt % ) in the grid spacers was assumed. The activation of 

6()Co is an important component of the dose rate and, to a much lesser extent, decay heating. The impurity 

level used in this analysis is relatively high compared with levels associated with newer assembly designs. 

The levels used in the analysis of newer designs is typically about 1200 ppm, with actual impurity levels 

likely being at the several-hundred-ppm level. Therefore, the fractional contribution from 6°Co reported here 

is likely overestimated for the current generation of higher-enrichment and bigher-burnup assemblies now in 

use. A reduction in the 6()Co contribution will result in a proportionally higher contribution from other 

nuclides. However, the trends in the nuclide importance will be largely unaffected 

The assembly model used to generate spent fuel compositions for each of the PWR emichment and burnup 

combinations in this study was based on a Westinghouse 17 x 17 assembly model. The assembly model did 

not contain burnable poison rods. The assembly model was originally developed to generate cross sections 

for spent fuel depletion analyses 13 and included the structural cladding and Inconel grid spacer components. 

The calculated responses therefore included contributions from the actinides, fission products, plus activation 

or neutron capture in structural assembly components. The BWR model was based on a General Electric 

(GE) 8 x 8 assembly design previously used in the development of the NRC Regulatory Guide 3.54 for 

computing decay-heat generation rates in spent fuel. 2 The BWR assembly model incorporated4 gadolinium 

poison rods, each rod containing 4-wt % Gd20J, a gadolina enrichment value that is representative of 

assemblies with higher enrichment uranium. Calculations were also performed with 5- and 6-wt % 

gadolinia. The effect of the gadolina poison loading on the individual nuclide importance rankings was 

found to be minimal Consequently, only the results for the 4-wt %-GdiClJ fuel are reported Design 

specifications for the reactor assembly models used to generate the spent fuel isotopic compositions are 

summarized in Table 2, and assembly structural masses are listed in Table 3. Typical SAS2 input files used 

to model the PWR and BWR assemblies are listed in the Appendix of this report. 

5 
Analysis Approach 

Table 2 Fuel assembly specifications 

Parameter 

Assembly design data 

Designer 

Lattice 

Assembly pitch, cm 

Number of fuel rods 

Number of instrument tubes 

Number of guide tubes 

Number of rods containing poison 

Fuel type 

Average fuel density, g/cm3 

Effective fuel temperature, K 

Clad type 

Clad temperature, K 

Fuel rod data 

Fuel rod outer diameter, cm 

Gap outer diameter, cm 

Clad outer diameter, cm 

Fuel rod pitch, cm 

Guide tube data 

Inner radius, cm 

Outer radius, cm 

Guide tube material 

Moderator data 

Average density, g/cm3 

Average boron concentration, ppm 

Moderator temperature, K 

a Data not applicable. 

PWR assembly data 

Westinghouse 

17 X 17 

21.4173 

264 

1 

24 

UO2 

10.32 (0.942 TD) 

811 

Zircaloy-4 

620 

0.81915 

0.83566 

0.94966 

1.25984 

0.57150 

0.61214 

Zircaloy-4 

6 

0.7295 

550 

570 

Section2 

BWR assembly data 

GE 

8x8 

15.24 

63 

1 

a 

4 

UO2and 

UO2 + 4-wt % Gd20:3 

9.871 (0.901 TD) 

840 

Zircaloy-4 

620 

1.0795 

1.25222 

1.6256 

0.4323 

558 
Section 2 Analysis Approach 

Table 3 Assembly structural material masses 

Element PWR data (g/kg U) BWR data (g/kg U) 

0 135 135 

Cr 5.9 2.4 

Mn 0.33 0.15 

Fe 13 6.6 

Co 0.075 0.024 

Ni 9.9 2.4 

'a 221 516 

Nb 0.71 0 

Sn 3.6 8.7 

The depletion analysis models used in this study are based on conventional L WR assembly designs. 

However, as the enrichments and discharge burnups extend towards higher design values the assemblies 

generally become more complex, employing larger burnable poison loadings, removable poison rods, and 

variable enrichments. Also, modern reactor operations involve more complex core loading schemes, control 

rod insertion, power-shaping rods, and may include extended operating regimes such as temperature, void 

fractions, and higher mcxkxator soluble boron concentrations. An analysis of the impact of advanced fuel 

assembly designs was beyond the scope of this study, given the wide range of PWR and BWR assembly 

designs in use and the potentially different effects the designs may have on each of the respective application 

areas considered in this report (criticality safety, thermal analysis, and shielding). Importantly, the isotopic 

importance rankings for the PWR assembly and BWR assembly (included burnable poison rods) designs 

used in this study were found too remarkably similar. Also, the results for the BWR assembly changed very 

little with increasing burnable poison concentrations. Therefore, while the overall impact on the responses is 

expected to vary with assembly design, the relative nuclide importances, the focus of thus study, are expected 

to be applicable for a wide range of conventional and modern fuel assembly designs. 

2.4 Cask Models 

1bree different transport/storage cask designs were used to study dose-rate characteristics and to develop 

shielding-importance rankings for individual radionuclides. These designs included a steel, a concrete, and a 

lead cask. The cask design specifications were the same as those used previously in the ranking studies of 

Ref. 9. The steel transport cask incorporated a 27-cm carbon-steel shield and an outer 13-cm resin-neutron 

shield The concrete storage cask consisted of a 50-cm-thick concrete shield, and the lead transfer cask used 

12.7-cm lead and outer 13-cm resin-neutron shield In all cask models, a homogenized dry fuel region was 

used Since the fractional contribution of a radionuclide to the dose rate is dependent on the specific cask 

design and shielding materials, the importance values calculated using the cask designs presented here are 

only intended to capture the broad features and trends for several shielding materials common to many 

transport and storage cask designs. 

2.5 Shielding Analyses 

Neutron and gamma-ray dose rates at the cask surface were calculated for each of the cask models using the 

one-dimensional discrete ordinates shielding module SAS 1. 14 The transport calculations were performed 

7 
Analysis Approach Section 2 

using the coupled SCALE 27-neutron and 18-gamma-group cross-section library.12 The dose rates were 

calculated by SAS 1 for each of the potentially important radionuclides in the fuel assembly, for each cask 

type, based on a unit concentration of each individual nuclide in the respective cask designs. All actinides 

and fission products having a half-life greater than 30 days, and a gamma-ray energy release exceeding 

10 eV/disintegration were selected. In addition, the activation product 60Co was selected. The procedure 

generated neutron- and gamma-dose-rate conversion factors (dose rate per unit concentration) for 

109 radionuclides. 

The neutron and gamma source spectra foc each radionuclide were obtained from ORIGEN-S. 15 Neutron 

source spectra included spontaneous fission, and (aJpha,n) neutrons, assuming a uranium oxide matrix. 

Photon spectra were based on data from the Master Photon Library.16 The dose-rate conversion factors were 

subsequently combined with calculated spent fuel nuclide concentrations to obtain the dose rates from the 

individual and/or aggregate radionuclides in the fuel. The contributions from each radionuclide were sorted 

to obtain the fractional contribution of each nuclide to the total dose rate and the radionuclide ranking. 

Examples of the SAS 1 and ORIGEN-S input files used to generate the dose-rate conversion factors are listed 

in the Appendix. 

2.~ Ranking Studies 

The fractional contributions of individual nuclides to the decay heat, neutron absorption, and total radiation 

dose rate were used to rank the nuclides by importance in each of the respective application areas. 

Processing of the nuclide inventories and ranking by importance was performed using the OPUS code 

(ORIGEN-S post-processing utility foc SCALE) currently being developed as a SCALE system utility. 

OPUS reads the nuclide concentrations calculated by ORIGEN-S, converts the data to response units 

requested by the user, and automatically sorts the nuclides in the ocder of descending importance. In addition 

the user may request specific nuclides, and output may be generated for standard radiological quantities such 

as activity and decay heat, oc an arbitrary response specified by the user may be applied Such a procedure 

was used to generate the dose rate importance rankings by using the dose-rate conversion factors for each of 

the dominant actinides, fission products, and activation products as calculated by SAS 1. Examples of the 

OPUS input and output files are listed in the Appendix. 

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3 CRITICALITY SAFETY 

Tbe nuclide importance rankings to criticality safety analyses were evaluated for the dominant actinides and 

fission products in extended burnup fuels. 1be rankings are based on fractional neutron absorption. A 

previous ranking study9 examined PWR fuel in the range of 3-wt % 235U, 20-GWcVt burnup to 4.5-wt % 235U, 

50-GW d/t burnup, with an emphasis on ranJd~ as a function of cooling time. This study investigates both 

PWR and BWR fuel assemblies up to 5-wt % 5 U and 70 GWcVt burnup, with an emphasis on the variation 

of the importance ranking with increasing burnup. 

Tbe total actinide, fission product, and structural material absorption fractions as a function of burnup are 

shown in Figure 2 for 5 wt % PWR fuel and cooling times of 5 and 100 years. The relative contribution of 

the fission products increases nearly linearly with bumup, with a corresponding decrease in the actinide 

contribution. The fission products represent about 6% of the total absorptions at 20 GW cVt, increasing to 

about 15% at 70 GWcVt. The variation with cooling time is very minor, as seen in Figure 2, due to the fact 

that the majority of the dominant actinides and fission products are either long-lived or stable. A comparison 

of the PWR with the BWR assembly results indicated only minor differences in the aggregate fission product 

and actinide absorption fractions. Toe only noticeable differences between the assembly types are that the 

BWR assembly consistently has slightly greater absorption by the light elements than the PWR assembly 

(e.g., 3.5% compared with 2.5%), and correspondingly less absorption by actinides. This difference is 

consistent with the BWR assembly model having moce structural-material (mass)-per-unit-uranium mass 

than the PWR assembly. 

Note that the relative importance of the actinides and fission products is problem dependent due to the 

influence the environment has on the effective absorption cross sections. Typically, in a cask environment 

the importance of the fission products is greater than in a reactor configuration. Therefore, the important 

features in the results are the relative trends in the rankings, rather than the absolute fractional absorption 

values that depend on the specific application. 

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Section 3 Criticality Safety 

3.1 Criticality-Safety Rankings 

The fractional contributions of individual actinides and fission-product nuclides to the neutron absorption 

were generated to obtain the radionuclide importance to criticality-safety analyses. The actinide and fissionproduct plots are presented separately due to the large number of nuclides that contribute greater than 0.1 % 

to the total neutron absorption (12 actinides and 25 fission products) relative to the other application areas 

considered in this study. In terms of nuclide rankings, the PWR and BWR results were found to be very 

similar; therefore, plots are shown for only the PWR assembly. 

The nuclide importance, expressed as the fractional contribution of each nuclide to the total neutronabsorption rate, is illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 (actinides) and Figures 5 and 6 (fission products) for 5-wt % 

PWR fuel. The fractional contributions and rankings of actinides in the PWR fuel are given in Table 4 for 

decay times of 5 and 100 years. The corresponding contributions and rankings for fission products are given 

in Table 5. The BWR actinide rankings are listed in Table 6, and fission product rankings are located in 

Table 7. Note that where the ranking order of nuclides is different for the BWR than the PWR, that the 

absorption values are nearly identical, so that the general trend is still the same. 

The dominant actinide absorbers ( absorption fraction >0.1) are 

238U, whose absorption fraction remains fairly 

constant (at about 0.28) as burnup increases: 239i>u, whose fraction increases up to about 50 GWd/t, then 

levels out; and 235u, whose fraction decreases rapidly with burnup as it is depleted by fission. The next 

group of moderately absorbing actinides (0.01 < absorption fraction< 0.1) include 2~, 241Am, 236u, and 241Pu (at shorter decay times). The rate of increase of importance for these actinides is fairly rapid up to 

about 40 GW d/t, then somewhat less at higher burnups. The importance of the remaining actinides 

(<0.01 absorption fraction) generally increases fairly rapidly throughout the entire burnup range and for all 

cooling times. The exception is 234U, whose importance decreases slowly with burnup at short cooling times, 

stays fairly constant at 50-years cooling, and increases slightly with burnup at 100-years cooling. 

The relative total actinide absorptions in the PWR assembly (82.3%) for high-enrichment and high-burnup 

fuel are seen to be greater than those for the BWR assembly (80. 7% ). This difference is attributed to the 

larger amount of structural-material-per-unit-fuel mass in the BWR assembly that results in greater structural 

material absorption and consequently a lower relative contribution from the actinides and fission-product 

nuclide groups. Similar differences are seen for all enrichments and burnups. 

The importance of the individual fission-product absorbers is much less than that of the actinides, with the 

dominant nuclides (

103Rh, 143Nd, and 149Sm) all having individual absorption fractions <0.02. However, 

there are a large number of absorbing fission products, and as a group they generally represent between about 

6 and 15% of the total absorption. 

Most fission-product absorbers exhibit a steady rate of increase (quasi-linear) in importance with burnup 

over the entire burnup range considered. Two nuclides whose importance changes less rapidly are 149Sm, 

whose importance is nearly constant beyond 30 GWd/t, and 147Sm, whose importance is fairly constant after 

50 GWd/t. This slower importance change is due to a rapid buildup of these fission products to equilibrium 

levels during irradiation, after which their concentrations in the fuel remain near constant. The 

concentrations of most other absorbing fission products steadily increase during irradiation. 

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Table 4 Criticality-safety rankings for dominant actinides in PWR fuel 

Bumup / emicbment 

20 GWd/t 50 GWd/t 30 GWd/t 60 GWd/t 40 GWd/t 70 GWd/t 

3wt% 3 wt% 4wt% 4wt% 5 wt% 5 wt% 

Nuclide0 Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank 

5-Year cooling 

Am-241 0.63 7 1.36 6 0.82 7 1.40 6 0.95 7 1.43 6 

Am-243 0.03 12 0.50 10 0.08 12 0.56 10 0.13 12 0.61 11 

Np-237 0.26 8 0.73 9 0.42 8 0.91 9 0.59 8 1.08 9 

Pu-238 0.05 11 0.41 11 0.10 11 0.52 11 0.17 10 0.63 10 

Pu-239 25.23 2 27.66 2 24.71 2 26.66 2 24.14 2 25.82 2 

Pu-240 6.48 4 9.17 3 6.87 4 8.97 3 7.04 4 8.80 3 

Pu-241 3.06 5 6.51 4 3.70 5 6.39 4 4.08 5 6.30 5 

Pu-242 0.18 9 ·1.05 7 0.32 9 1.09 8 0.44 9 1.13 8 

U-234 0.14 10 0.08 12 0.15 10 0.10 12 0.16 11 0.12 12 

U-235 22.88 3 5.22 5 21.69 3 6.31 5 20.97 3 7.15 4 

U-236 0.75 6 0.94 8 1.01 6 1.17 7 1.23 6 1.37 7 

U-238 30.88 1 30.35 1 29.27 1 29.09 1 28.00 1 28.00 1 

Total 90.59 84.12 89.17 83.34 87.94 82.62 

JOO-Year cooling 

Am-241 2.43 5 5.11 5 3.09 5 5.16 5 3.53 5 5.21 5 

Am-243 0.03 10 0.51 9 0.08 10 0.57 9 0.13 10 0.62 9 

Np-237 0.38 7 0.99 7 0.58 7 1.18 7 0.77 7 1.36 7 

Pu-238 0.02 11 0.20 11 0.05 11 0.25 11 0.08 11 0.30 11 

Pu-239 25.50 2 28.31 2 25.01 2 27.24 2 24.45 2 26.35 2 

Pu-240 6.51 4 9.74 3 6.94 4 9.60 3 7.14 4 9.49 3 

Pu-242 0.19 8 1.08 6 0.32 8 1.12 8 0.44 8 1.15 8 

U-234 0.16 9 0.22 10 0.19 9 0.28 10 0.23 9 0.34 10 

U-235 23.21 3 5.38 4 22.04 3 6.49 4 21.32 3 7.34 4 

U-236 0.77 6 0.97 8 1.03 6 1.20 6 1.25 6 1.41 6 

U-238 31.29 1 31.13 1 29.71 1 29.79 1 28.44 1 28.63 1 

Total 90.52 83.78 89.08 83.04 87.85 82.36 

0 Nuclides that contribute more than 0.1 % to the total absorption rate. 

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Table 5 Criticality-safety rankings for dominant fission products in PWR fuel 

Burnup / enrichment 

20 GWd/t 50 GWd/t 30 GWd/t 60 GWd/t 40 GWd/t 70 GWd/t 

3wt% 3wt% 4wt% 4wt% 5 wt% 5 wt% 

Nuclidea Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank 

5-Year cooling 

Ag-109 0.12 16 0.40 12 0.17 15 0.42 12 0.21 15 0.43 12 

Cs-133 0.44 5 0.89 4 0.59 5 0.98 4 0.71 5 1.06 4 

Eu-153 0.16 11 0.54 10 0.24 11 0.59 9 0.32 10 0.64 8 

Eu-154 0.07 18 0.32 15 0.11 18 0.35 15 0.16 18 0.38 15 

Eu-155 0.06 19 0.24 18 0.09 19 0.27 18 0.12 19 0.29 18 

Gd-155 0.15 13 0.61 8 0.19 13 0.63 8 0.24 13 0.64 9 

Gd-157 0.03 24 0.10 23 0.04 24 0.11 23 0.05 24 0.11 23 

La-139 0.04 22 0.09 24 0.05 23 0.10 24 0.06 23 0.11 24 

Mo-95 0.16 12 0.33 14 0.22 12 0.37 13 0.27 12 0.41 13 

Nd-143 0.76 3 1.23 3 0.90 3 1.32 2 1.02 3 1.40 2 

Nd-145 0.21 9 0.42 11 0.28 9 0.47 11 0.34 9 0.52 11 

Pd-105 0.05 20 0.18 19 0.08 20 0.20 19 0.10 20 0.21 19 

Pd-108 0.03 23 0.15 20 0.05 22 0.16 20 0.07 22 0.17 20 

Pm-147 0.13 15 0.15 21 0.15 17 0.15 21 0.16 17 0.15 21 

Pr-141 0.05 21 0.12 22 0.07 21 0.13 22 0.08 21 0.14 22 

Rh-103 0.84 2 1.55 1 1.04 2 1.61 1 1.19 1 1.65 1 

Ru-101 0.11 17 0.27 17 0.16 16 0.31 17 0.21 16 0.35 17 

Sm-147 0.20 10 0.30 16 0.26 10 0.33 16 0.31 11 0.36 16 

Sm-149 1.17 1 1.24 2 1.12 1 1.17 3 1.09 2 1.12 3 

Sm-150 0.14 14 0.34 13 0.19 14 0.37 14 0.23 14 0.40 14 

Sm-151 0.37 6 0.56 9 0.42 7 0.59 10 0.46 8 0.61 10 

Sm-152 0.31 8 0.63 7 0.40 8 0.67 7 0.47 7 0.71 7 

Tc-99 0.35 7 0.72 6 0.47 6 0.80 6 0.58 6 0.87 6 

Xe-131 0.52 4 0.86 5 0.66 4 0.92 5 0.76 4 0.97 5 

Total 6.85 13.21 8.49 14.15 9.86 15.01 

a Nuclides that contribute more than 0.1 % to the total absorption rate. 

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Table 5 ( continued) 

Burnup / emichment 

20 GWd/t 50 GWd/t 30 GWd/t 60 GWd/t 40 GWd/t 70 GWd/t 

3wt% 3wt% 4wt% 4wt% 5wt% 5 wt% 

Nuclide0 Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank 

100-Year cooling 

Ag-109 0.12 16 0.41 11 0.17 16 0.43 11 0.21 16 0.44 11 

Cs-133 0.45 5 0.91 5 0.60 5 1.00 5 0.72 5 1.09 5 

Eu-151 0.23 10 0.33 15 0.27 11 0.36 15 0.30 12 0.38 15 

Eu-153 0.17 13 0.56 9 0.25 12 0.61 9 0.32 11 0.65 9 

Gd-155 0.28 8 1.19 4 0.37 8 1.22 3 0.46 8 1.24 3 

Gd-157 0.03 22 0.10 21 0.04 22 0.11 21 0.05 22 0.11 21 

La-139 0.04 20 0.09 22 0.05 21 0.10 22 0.06 21 0.11 22 

Mo-95 0.16 14 0.34 14 0.22 13 0.38 13 0.28 13 0.42 13 

Nd-143 0.77 3 1.26 3 0.92 3 1.36 2 1.03 3 1.43 2 

Nd-145 0.21 11 0.43 10 0.28 10 0.48 10 0.35 10 0.53 10 

Pd-105 0.05 18 0.18 18 0.08 18 0.20 18 0.10 18 0.22 18 

Pd-108 0.03 21 0.15 19 0.05 20 0.16 19 0.07 20 0.18 19 

Pr-141 0.05 19 0.12 20 0.07 19 0.13 20 0.08 19 0.15 20 

Rh-103 0.85 2 1.59 1 1.06 2 1.65 1 1.21 1 1.69 1 

Ru-101 0.11 17 0.27 17 0.16 17 0.32 16 0.21 17 0.36 16 

Sm-147 0.26 9 0.37 12 0.33 9 0.41 12 0.38 9 0.44 12 

Sm-149 1.18 1 1.27 2 1.14 1 1.20 4 1.11 2 1.15 4 

Sm-150 0.14 15 0.35 13 0.19 15 0.38 14 0.24 14 0.41 14 

Sm-151 0.18 12 0.28 16 0.20 14 0.29 17 0.22 15 0.30 17 

Sm-152 0.32 7 0.65 8 0.41 7 0.69 8 0.48 7 0.72 8 

Tc-99 0.36 6 0.74 7 0.48 6 0.82 7 0.59 6 0.89 7 

Xe-131 0.53 4 0.89 6 0.67 4 0.94 6 0.77 4 0.99 6 

Total 6.89 13.49 8.54 14.40 9.91 15.22 

0 Nuclides that contribute more than 0.1 % to the total absorption rate. 

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Table 6 Criticality-safety rankings for dominant actinides in BWR fuel 

Bumup / enrichment 

20GWd/t 50 GWd/t 30GWd/t 60GWd/t 40GWd/t 70 GWd/t 

3wt% 3wt% 4wt% 4wt% 5wt% 5 wt% 

Nuclidea Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank 

5-Y ear cooling 

Am-241 0.61 7 1.31 6 0.79 7 1.34 6 0.91 7 1.36 6 

Am-243 0.04 12 0.51 10 0.08 12 0.56 10 0.13 12 0.61 11 

Np-23 0.27 8 0.75 9 0.43 8 0.92 9 0.59 8 1.09 9 

Pu-238 0.06 11 0.45 11 0.11 11 0.56 11 0.18 10 0.67 10 

Pu-239 4.69 2 27.21 2 24.14 2 26.21 2 23.56 2 25.36 2 

Pu-240 6.25 4 8.95 3 6.57 4 8.75 3 6.72 4 8.59 3 

Pu-241 2.99 5 6.41 4 3.59 5 6.30 4 3.95 5 6.21 5 

Pu-242 0.19 9 1.04 7 0.32 9 1.07 8 0.43 9 1.10 8 

U-234 0.14 10 0.09 12 0.15 10 0.10 12 0.16 11 0.12 12 

U-235 3.42 3 5.11 5 22.35 3 6.15 5 21.65 3 6.95 4 

U-236 0.76 6 0.93 8 1.00 6 1.15 7 1.20 6 1.34 7 

U-238 30.05 1 29.74 1 28.39 1 28.48 1 27.12 1 27.38 1 

Total 89.47 82.63 87.94 81.77 86.64 80.99 

100-Year cooling 

Am-241 2.38 5 4.94 5 2.98 5 4.98 5 3.38 5 5.01 5 

Am-243 0.04 10 0.52 9 0.08 10 0.57 9 0.13 10 0.62 9 

Np-237 0.39 7 1.00 7 0.58 7 1.18 7 0.77 7 1.35 7 

Pu-238 0.03 11 0.22 11 0.05 11 0.27 11 0.09 11 0.33 11 

Pu-239 24.94 2 27.87 2 24.43 2 26.81 2 23.86 2 25.92 2 

Pu-240 6.28 4 9.52 3 6.64 4 9.38 3 6.82 4 9.27 3 

Pu-242 0.19 8 1.06 6 0.33 8 1.10 8 0.44 8 1.13 8 

U-234 0.16 9 0.22 10 0.19 9 0.28 10 0.23 9 0.34 10 

U-235 23.75 3 5.27 4 22.70 3 6.33 4 22.01 3 7.14 4 

U-236 0.77 6 0.97 8 1.02 6 1.19 6 1.23 6 1.38 6 

U-238 30.44 1 30.52 1 28.81 1 29.20 1 27.54 1 28.04 1 

Total 89.40 82.25 87.85 81.43 86.55 80.69 

a Nuclides that contribute more than 0.1 % to the total absorption rate. 

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Table 7 Criticality-safety rankings for dominant fission products in BWR fuel 

Bumup / emichment 

20 GWd/t 50GWd/t 30GWd/t 60GWd/t 40GWd/t 70 GWd/t 

3wt% 3wt% 4wt% 4wt% 5wt% 5wt% 

Nuclidea Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank 

5-Y ear cooling 

Ag-109 0.13 16 0.41 12 0.17 15 0.43 12 0.21 16 0.45 12 

Cs-133 0.45 5 0.90 4 0.59 5 0.99 4 0.72 5 1.07 4 

Eu-153 0.17 11 0.56 10 0.25 11 0.62 9 0.33 10 0.66 8 

Eu-154 0.07 18 0.33 15 0.12 18 0.37 15 0.16 17 0.40 15 

Eu-155 0.07 19 0.26 18 0.10 19 0.28 18 0.13 19 0.30 18 

Gd-155 0.14 14 0.63 8 0.19 14 0.64 8 0.23 14 0.66 9 

Gd-157 0.03 24 0.10 23 0.04 24 0.10 24 0.04 24 0.11 24 

La-139 0.04 22 0.10 24 0.05 23 0.11 23 0.06 23 0.12 23 

Mo-95 0.17 12 0.34 14 0.23 12 0.38 14 0.28 12 0.42 13 

Nd-143 0.77 3 1.30 2 0.94 3 1.40 2 1.07 3 1.49 2 

Nd-145 0.21 9 0.44 11 0.29 9 0.49 11 0.35 9 0.54 11 

Pd-105 0.06 20 0.19 19 0.08 20 0.21 19 0.10 20 0.22 19 

Pd-108 0.04 23 0.15 20 0.05 22 0.17 20 0.07 22 0.18 20 

Pm-147 0.14 15 0.15 21 0.15 17 0.15 21 0.16 18 0.15 22 

Pr-141 0.05 21 0.13 22 0.07 21 0.14 22 0.09 21 0.16 21 

Rh-103 0.87 2 1.59 1 1.07 2 1.65 1 1.22 1 1.69 1 

Ru-101 0.12 17 0.28 17 0.17 16 0.33 17 0.22 15 0.37 16 

Sm-147 0.21 10 0.31 16 0.27 10 0.34 16 0.32 11 0.37 17 

Sm-149 1.19 1 1.30 3 1.15 1 1.24 3 1.12 2 1.19 3 

Sm-150 0.14 13 0.36 13 0.19 13 0.39 13 0.24 13 0.42 14 

Sm-151 0.37 6 0.57 9 0.42 7 0.60 10 0.46 8 0.63 10 

Sm-152 0.32 8 0.65 7 0.41 8 0.69 7 0.48 7 0.72 7 

Tc-99 0.36 7 0.73 6 0.48 6 0.81 6 0.58 6 0.88 6 

Xe-131 0.53 4 0.87 5 0.66 4 0.92 5 0.76 4 0.97 5 

Total 7.01 13.67 8.70 14.65 10.11 15.53 

a Nuclides that contribute more than 0.1 % to the total absorption rate. 

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Table 7 ( continued) 

Burnup / emichment 

20GWd/t 50GWd/t 30GWd/t 60 GWd/t 40 GWd/t 70 GWd/t 

3wt% 3wt% 4wt% 4wt% 5 wt% 5 wt% 

Nuclidea Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank 

100-Y ear cooling 

Ag-109 0.13 16 0.42 11 0.18 16 0.44 11 0.22 17 0.46 11 

Cs-133 0.45 5 0.92 5 0.60 5 1.02 5 0.73 5 1.10 5 -

Eu-151 0.23 10 0.34 15 0.27 11 0.36 15 0.30 12 0.38 15 

Eu-153 0.17 13 0.58 9 0.26 12 0.63 9 0.33 11 0.68 9 

Gd-155 0.26 9 1.22 4 0.36 8 1.25 4 0.45 8 1.28 3 

Gd-157 0.03 22 0.10 21 0.04 22 0.11 22 0.04 22 0.11 22 

La-139 0.04 20 0.10 22 0.05 21 0.11 21 0.07 21 0.12 21 

Mo-95 0.17 14 0.35 14 0.23 13 0.39 14 0.28 13 0.43 13 

Nd-143 0.78 3 1.33 2 0.95 3 1.44 2 1.09 3 1.53 2 

Nd-145 0.22 11 0.45 10 0.29 10 0.51 10 0.36 10 0.56 10 

Pd-105 0.06 18 0.19 18 0.08 18 0.21 18 0.10 18 0.23 18 

Pd-108 0.04 21 0.16 19 0.05 20 0.17 19 0.07 20 0.18 19 

Pr-141 0.05 19 0.13 20 0.07 19 0.15 20 0.09 19 0.16 20 

Rh-103 0.88 2 1.63 1 1.09 2 1.69 1 1.24 1 1.73 1 

Ru-101 0.12 17 0.29 16 0.17 17 0.34 16 0.22 16 0.38 16 

Sm-147 0.27 8 0.38 12 0.34 9 0.42 12 0.40 9 0.45 12 

Sm-149 1.21 1 1.33 3 1.17 1 1.27 3 1.14 2 1.21 4 

Sm-150 0.14 15 0.37 13 0.20 15 0.40 13 0.24 14 0.43 14 

Sm-151 0.18 12 0.28 17 0.21 14 0.30 17 0.23 15 0.31 17 

Sm-152 0.32 7 0.66 8 0.41 7 0.70 8 0.49 7 0.74 8 

Tc-99 0.36 6 0.75 7 0.49 6 0.83 7 0.59 6 0.90 7 

Xe-131 0.53 4 0.89 6 0.67 4 0.95 6 0.77 4 0.99 6 

Total 7.03 13.95 8.74 14.90 10.15 15.75 

a Nuclides that contribute more than 0.1 % to the total absorptioo rate. 

21 
Criticality Safety Section 3 

The fission product exhibiting the most rapid increase with burnup is the stable nuclide 155Gd Its precursor 

155Eu bas a 4.75-zear half-life, and so 155Gd bas not reached equilibrium even for a 70-GWd/t exposure. The 

importance of 15 Gd increases by an order of magnitude between 20 and 60 GW d/t for cooling times greater 

than about 5 years, and it is one of the larger fission-product absorbers in high-burnup fuel. Another stable 

nuclide, 153Eu, exhibits a similar, although less-pronounced effect, as its precursor 

153Gd and bas a 241.6-day 

half-life. However, 153Eu ranks considerably lower than mGd in high-burnup fuel for cooling times more 

than 5 years. 

The criticality safety nuclide rankings were recomputed for the PWR fuel using a SAS2 model in which the 

specific power was 25 'MW/t In general, the nuclide rankings were not affected, except that (rarely) the 

order of two nuclides could be reversed In those cases, the absorption rates for the nuclides whose order 

changed were essentially identical. The only noticeable difference in the actinides for deca13 times from 5 to 

100 years was an increase of about 6% in the absorption fraction for 238Pu. The amount of 38Pu increases 

because its precursor 

237U ~roduced both by capture from 235u to 236u and from (n,2n) from 238U) undergoes 

relatively more decays to Np when the power (and therefore flux) is lower. The biggest changes in 

fission-product absorption rates were for the stable 149Sm (-11 %) and 157Gd (-15%) nuclides that have large 

capture cross sections. 

22 
4 DECAYHEAT 

The fractional contributions of individual radiomiclides to decay-heat production in a fuel assembly were 

evaluated for extended-burnup fuel. These relative contributions, expressed as the percent of the total decayheat production, were used to rank individual miclides by their importance to thermal analysis. A previous 

ranking study9 examinedPWR fuel in the range of3-wt % 235U, 20-GWd/t burnup to 4.5-wt %235U, 

50-GWd/t burnup, with an emphasis on ranking as a function of cooling time. In this study, both PWR and 

BWR fuel assemblies up to 5-wt % 235U, 70-GWd/t burnup were studied, with an emphasis on the variation 

of nuclide importance to decay heat with increasing burnup. 

The decay-heat-rate profiles (Wit) as a function of burnup are shown in Figures 7 and 8 for 5-wt % 235U 

PWR fuel at cooling times of 5 and 100 years. 1be decay-heat rates for the 5-wt % 235U BWR fuel were 

found to have similar burnup profiles and essentially the same decay-heat values and are therefore not 

illustrated. The figure shows that the actinides become an increasingly larger component of the total decayheat rate with burnup. The fission product component increases linearly with burnup, while the actinide 

component displays a quasi-exponential increase, except at 100-years decay, where it is nearly linear with 

burnup. 

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25 
Decay Heat Section.4 

4.1 Decay-Heat Rankings 

1be fractional contributions of actinide, fission product, and light-element nuclides to decay-heat generation 

were computed for the emichment and burnup combinations and cooling times of interest to obtain the 

radionuclide importance used in the ranking procedure. In terms of relative rankings, the PWR and BWR 

results are essentially identical; therefore, plots are shown for only the PWR assembly. 

The nuclide importance, expressed as the fractional contribution of each nuclide to the total decay-heat rate, 

is illustrated in .Figures 9 and 10 for 5-wt % 235U PWR fuel. The trends fer the 3-wt % 235u and 4-wt % 235U 

PWR assemblies are quite similar, and therefore only the results for 5-wt % enrichment are plotted. The 

fractional contributions and rankings for decay-heat generation for the PWR and BWR fuel assemblies are 

given in Table 8 and Table 9, respectively, for decay times of 5 and 100 years. The tables include 

enrichments of 3, 4, and 5 wt % and a range of burnup values. 

The PWR results for 3 wt %, 20 GWd/t are consistent with previous investigations in Ref. 9. The dominant 

radionuclides in this regime, in order of descending importance rankings are 90y, 137°13a, 134Cs, 1~ 1~, 

137Cs, 90Sr, and 6

°Co. The most dramatic change in the importance rankings with increasing burnup is the 

increase in the actinide component, attributed to 244Cm and 238i>u. This increase is readily seen in Figures 9 

and 10. A significant increase is also observed in the contribution from 134Cs, although it is only important at 

cooling times less than about 10 years. At cooling times of about 100 years the majority of the decay heating 

is produced by relatively few radionuclides: 241 Am, 238i>u, 137"13a, and 90y_ The rankings of these nuclides 

change with burnup; however, their aggregate contribution to the total decay-heat rate remains relatively 

constant. Combined, they generate between 80 and 85 % of the total decay heat The largest change in 

radionuclide importance occurs for 238i>u, which contributes 7% of the decay heat for 3 wt%, 20 GWd/t 

(ranks fourth), and 28% for 5 wt%, 70 GWd/t (ranks second). 

The decay-heat nuclide rankings were recomputed for the PWR using a SAS2 model in which the specific 

power was 25 M.W/t. In general, the nuclide rankings were not affected, except that (rarely) the order of 

two nuclides was reversed. In those cases, the decay-heat rates for the nuclides whose order changed were 

essentially identical. The noticeable difference in the actinides for decay times from 5 to 100 years includes 

an increase of about 5% in the decay heat for 238i>u, increases as large as 39% for 242Cm, and increases as 

large as 24% for 243Cm. The amount of 238i>u increases because its precursor 

237U ~oduced both by capture 

from 235U to 236u and from (n,2n) from 238U) undergoes relatively more decays to 2 7Np when the power 

(and therefore flux) is lower. The amount of decay heat from 242Cm and 243Cm is not great, so the large 

percentage increases are not significant. Furthermore, the total actinide decay heat increases no more than 

about 2%. The total decay heat from the fission products is, of course, lower for the 25 'MW/t case, because 

the decay heat is nearly proportional to the assembly-specific power for short cooling times. However, the 

order of fission-product nuclide rankings is essentially unaffected. 

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28 
Section4 Decay Heat 

Table 8 Radionuclides decay-heat rankings for PWR fuel 

Burnup / enrichment 

20 GWd/t 50 GWd/t 30GWd/t 60 GWd/t 40GWd/t 70 GWd/t 

3wt% 3wt% 4wt% 4wt% 5wt% 5wt% 

Nuclidea Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank 

5-Year cooling 

Am-241 1.96 10 1.54 12 1.96 10 1.44 12 1.90 12 1.36 12 

Ba-137m 20.10 2 16.81 2 20.01 2 16.68 2 19.75 2 16.51 2 

Ce-144 0.75 15 0.29 18 0.58 17 0.25 18 0.46 17 0.21 18 

Cm-244 0.69 16 13.25 4 1.66 12 14.10 4 2.84 10 14.91 4 

Co-60 4.68 8 3.80 8 3.81 9 3.18 9 3.23 9 2.74 9 

Cs-134 10.88 3 17.45 1 13.43 3 17.70 1 15.01 3 17.74 1 

Cs-137 6.02 6 5.03 7 5.99 6 4.99 7 5.92 5 4.95 7 

Eu-154 1.41 11 2.26 11 1.84 11 2.32 11 2.15 11 2.38 11 

Kr-85 0.60 17 0.39 15 0.59 16 0.40 15 0.57 15 0.40 15 

Pm-147 1.36 12 0.53 14 1.11 13 0.47 14 0.93 13 0.43 14 

Pr-144 8.42 5 3.24 9 6.49 5 2.77 10 5.15 7 2.40 10 

Pu-238 2.38 9 6.43 6 3.83 8 7.59 5 5.24 6 8.66 5 

Pu-239 0.87 14 0.34 16 0.68 15 0.31 16 0.57 16 0.28 16 

Pu-240 0.94 13 0.68 13 0.82 14 0.60 13 0.72 14 0.54 13 

Pu-241 0.19 19 0.14 19 0.18 19 0.13 19 0.17 19 0.12 19 

Rh-106 10.08 4 8.57 5 8.74 4 7.19 6 7.55 4 6.17 6 

Sb-125 0.41 18 0.34 17 0.38 18 0.30 17 0.34 18 0.27 17 

Sr-90 4.84 7 3.20 10 4.78 7 3.32 8 4.72 8 3.39 8 

Y-90 23.08 1 15.27 3 22.82 1 15.83 3 22.48 1 16.15 3 

Total (Wit) 1090 3170 1630 3790 2180 4430 

100-Year cooling 

Am-241 46.58 1 39.22 1 44.98 1 35.98 1 42.48 1 33.32 1 

Am-243 0.08 10 0.50 10 0.13 10 0.49 10 0.17 10 0.47 10 

Ba-137m 13.93 2 12.99 3 13.69 2 12.84 3 13.47 3 12.62 3 

Cm-244 0.11 9 2.42 7 0.27 9 2.56 7 0.46 9 2.69 7 

Cs-137 4.17 7 3.89 6 4.10 7 3.85 6 4.04 6 3.78 6 

Pu-238 7.00 4 21.09 2 11.13 4 24.80 2 15.20 2 28.09 2 

Pu-239 5.43 6 2.39 8 4.20 6 2.13 9 3.49 7 1.92 9 

Pu-240 5.79 5 4.90 5 4.99 5 4.35 5 4.43 5 3.92 5 

Sr-90 2.90 8 2.14 9 2.83 8 2.21 8 2.78 8 2.24 8 

Y-90 13.84 3 10.22 4 13.52 3 10.55 4 13.28 4 10.68 4 

Total (W/t) 175 456 265 549 356 645 

a Greater than 0.1 % of total decay-heat-generatioo rate for any bumup/enrichment combination. 

29 
Decay Heat Section4 

Table 9 Radionuclides decay heat rankings for BWR fuel 

Burnup / Emichment 

20GWd/t 50GWd/t 30GWd/t 60 GWd/t 40 GWd/t 70GWd/t 

3wt% 3wt% 4wt% 4wt% 5wt% 5wt% 

Nuclide4 Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank 

5-Y ear cooling 

Am-241 1.94 9 1.43 11 1.88 10 1.32 11 1.79 11 1.24 11 

Ba-137m 20.72 2 17.18 2 20.48 2 1~ 2 20.18 2 16.87 2 

Ce-144 0.78 15 0.30 18 0.60 17 0.25 18 0.47 17 0.22 18 

Cm-244 0.78 16 13.94 4 1.80 11 14.68 4 2.99 9 15.38 4 

Co-60 1.59 10 1.30 12 1.29 12 1.09 12 1.09 12 0.94 12 

Cs-134 11.40 3 17.97 1 13.84 3 18.15 1 15.33 3 18.13 1 

Cs-137 6.21 6 5.15 7 6.14 6 5.10 7 6.05 5 5.05 7 

Eu-154 1.49 11 2.25 10 1.90 9 2.29 10 2.19 10 2.32 10 

Kr-85 0.62 17 0.40 15 0.61 16 0.41 15 0.59 15 0.41 15 

Pm-147 1.39 12 0.53 14 1.13 13 0.48 14 0.95 13 0.43 14 

Pr-144 8.70 5 3.32 8 6.68 5 2.84 9 5.29 7 2.46 9 

Pu-238 2.56 8 6.49 6 3.99 8 7.56 5 5.35 6 8.54 5 

Pu-239 0.87 14 0.33 17 0.67 15 0.29 17 0.55 16 0.26 17 

Pu-240 0.97 13 0.71 13 0.84 14 0.63 13 0.75 14 0.57 13 

Pu-241 0.19 19 0.13 19 0.18 19 0.12 19 0.16 19 0.11 19 

Rh-106 10.32 4 8.71 5 8.82 4 7.29 6 7.56 4 6.25 6 

Sb-125 0.42 18 0.35 16 0.38 18 0.31 16 0.35 18 0.28 16 

Sr-90 5.00 7 3.29 9 4.92 7 3.41 8 4.85 8 3.48 8 

Y-90 23.83 I 15.70 3 23.47 1 16.28 3 23.12 1 16.62 3 

Total 1060 3090 1590 3710 2130 4330 

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100-Y ear cooling 

Am-241 45.56 1 37.18 1 43.30 1 33.93 1 40.55 1 31.31 1 

Am-243 0.08 10 0.51 10 0.13 10 0.49 10 0.17 10 0.47 10 

Ba-137m 14.19 2 13.48 3 14.08 2 13.37 3 13.94 3 13.20 3 

Cm-244 0.13 9 2.58 7 0.29 9 2.72 7 0.49 9 2.84 7 

Cs-137 4.25 7 4.04 6 4.22 6 4.01 6 4.18 6 3.95 6 

Pu-238 7.46 4 21.60 2 11.64 4 25.20 2 15.71 2 28.34 2 

Pu-239 5.36 6 2.29 8 4.11 7 2.03 9 3.40 7 1.83 9 

Pu-240 5.94 5 5.21 5 5.18 5 4.64 5 4.65 5 4.20 5 

Sr-90 0.01 8 2.24 9 2.93 8 2.32 8 2.90 8 2.36 8 

Y-90 14.13 3 10.66 4 13.96 3 11.06 4 13.82 4 11.25 4 

Total 172 439 257 526 343 616 

It 0 Greater than 0.1 % of total decay-heat-generation rate for any burnup/enrid:lment combination. 

30 
5 RADIATION SHIELDING 

The fractional contributions of individual radionuclides to the radiation dose rates from a transport/storage 

cask were evaluated for extended-burnup fuel and used to rank nuclides and obtain their importance to 

shielding analyses. Three different cask models were used to assess radionuclide importance: a carbon steel 

transport cask, a lead transfer cask, and a concrete storage cask. The variation in nuclide importance to 

shielding as a function of cooling time bas been previously studied in Ref. 9. 1bis study does not attempt to 

compile these earlier findings but instead focuses primarily on the changes in nuclide importance for 

extended-burnup fuels. 

The typical variation in the neutron and gamma dose rate as a function of increasing burnup is shown in 

Figures 11 and 12 for the steel cask model and 5-wt %-enrichment fuel. Toe figure illustrates the rapid 

increase in the neutron dose rate component with burnup relative to the gamma-ray component. While the 

gamma dose rate (Dg) increases nearly linearly with burnup, the neutron dose rate (DJ increases 

approximately as the burnup (B) to the power of 4 Con oc B4), indicating that neutrons represent an 

increasingly important component of the dose rate relative to gamma rays in cask shielding analyses 

involving high-burnup fuel. 

The profiles in Figures 11 and 12 are representative of the other cask designs and fuel enrichments, although 

lower-enrichment fuel produces higher absolute dose rates, attributed to the fact that lower-enrichment fuel 

(lower fissile content) requires exposure to a greater neutron fluence per metric tonne (t) of uranium to 

achieve the same burnup as higher-enrichment fuel. As a result, for a given burnup the actinide inventory 

generated by neutron capture of 238U increases by an amount nearly inversely proportional to the enrichment. 

The effect of enrichment is most evident at longer cooling times and higher burnups, where the actinides tend 

to become increasingly important. 

The relative importance of neutrons with burnup is illustrated in Figures 13-15, which shows the neutron 

dose fraction (fraction of the total dose rate) as a function of burnup for 5-wt % PWR fuel for concrete, steel, 

and lead cask models. Toe different cask models show similar trends, although the magnitude of the neutron 

dose component varies by cask design. For the steel cask model, the neutron component increases 

dramatically with burnup, from less than 5% at 20 GWd/t to nearly 40% at 60 GWd/t after a 20-year cooling 

time. For the lead cask, the increase is from about 5% at 20 GWd/t to more than 60% of the total dose rate at 

60 GWd/t. For the concrete cask the relative increases are similar; however, the neutron component is 

significantly lower (e.g., <10%) due to the greater effectiveness of concrete as a neutron shield. 

5.1 Neutron Sources 

The neutron source term was investigated further due to the observed rapid increase in importance for highburnup fuel. The spontaneous fission and ( a,n) neutron source contributions to the total neutron source term 

are shown in Figures 16 and 17 and illustrate the dramatic increase in the spontaneous fission source with 

increasing burnup. Toe ( a,n) source increases nearly linearly with burnup and represents an important 

component only at relatively low burnup (<40 GWd/t) and cooling times near 100 years. Toe (a,n) and 

spontaneous-fission components contribute nearly equally at low burnup (20- 30 GWd/t) and about 100-

years cooling, with the ( a,n) component decreasing to about 10% of the total neutron source at higher burnup 

(70 GWd/t). Toe neutron-source components as a function of cooling time for burnups of 27 and 60 GWd/t 

are illustrated in Figures 18 and 19 and show the relatively limited range of cooling times for which the (a,n) 

component can become important (range between about 80 and 1000 years). For high-burnup fuel the (a,n) 

source is a minor component of the neutron source term for all cooling times up to 105 years. 

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60 

Sections 

80 

Figure 15 Relative contribution of neutrons to the total dose rate for 5-wt % PWR fuel, lead cask 

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0 

0 20 40 60 80 

Burnup (GWd/t) 

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5-year cooling 

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60 

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Figure 17 Contribution of ( a,n) and spontaneous fission neutron sources for 5-wt % PWR fuel, 

100-year cooling 

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10° 10' 1d 1d 10" 101 

DECAY TIME AFTER DISCHARGE (years) 

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1do-r ______________________ o_RN_L_o_w_G_e&_-1_,. 

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101 1d 1d 10• 101 10° 

DECAY TIME AFTER DISCHARGE (years) 

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Section5 Radiation Shielding 

The neutron source was further evaluated to identify the major actinides that contribute to the spontaneousfission neutron source. The relative contributions of the dominant actinides are shown in Figures 20 and 21. 

A common feature for all cooling times investigated is the dominance of 244Cm at high burnup and the 

significant increase in the relative contribution of 244Cm (and 246Cm) and the decreasing relative ~ortance 

of the Pu isotopes to the dose rate with increasing burnup. At lower burnups the contribution from «>i>u is 

significant (particularly at 100-years cooling, where it is the dominant nuclide) although its relative 

importance diminishes rapidly with increasing burnup as the curium isotopes build up. 

These results demonstrate the high relative imp<Xtance of neutrons, specifically the spontaneous fission 

neutrons, to cask shielding studies for high-burnup fuel and cooling times greater than 5 years. For shorter 

cooling times the fission products represent the higher fraction of the dose. However, neutrons only become 

a dominant fraction of the total dose rate for the steel and lead cask designs analyzed in this study, which 

were less effective than concrete in shielding neutrons. The concrete storage cask has the smallest neutron 

dose rate component (<20% of the total dose for all burnups and cooling times), and the lead cask has the 

largest neutron dose component (>60% after 100-years cooling). 

5.2 Radionuclide Rankings 

The fractional contribution of individual radionuclides to the total dose rate for the three different cask 

designs was calculated for the enrichment and burnup combinations and cooling-time ranges of interest to 

obtain the importances used in the ranking process. A review of the dominant nuclides for each of the 

application regimes ( cask design, fuel enrichment, burnup and cooling time) found that the majority of the 

dose rate was attributed to relatively few nuclides for all regimes studied. The nuclides listed in Table 10 

(11 actinides, 8 fission products, and 1 activation product) account for more than 99% of the total dose rate 

for all cask designs and fuel regimes (enrichments and burnup) analyzed. 

Table 10 Most important nuclides in cask shielding calculations 

U-238 Pu-242 Cm-246 Y-90 Ba-137m 

Pu-238 Am-241 Cm-248 Rh-106 Eu-152 

Pu-239 Cm-242 Cf-252 Ag-ll0m Eu-154 

Pu-240 Cm-244 Co-60 Cs-134 Pr-144 

The nuclide importance, expressed as the fractional contribution of each nuclide to the total dose rate at the 

cask surface, is illustrated in Figures 22 and 23 (steel cask), Figures 24 and 25 (concrete cask), and 

Figures 26 and 27 (lead cask) for 5-wt % PWR spent fuel. The results are presented as a function of 

increasing burnup and for cooling times of 5 years and 100 years. The fractional contributions and ranking 

for the dominant radionuclides (> 1 % ) are listed in Table 11 for moderate- and extended-enrichment and 

high-burnup PWR fuel (5-wt % and 70-GWcVt) for 5- and 100-year cooling times. The lower-burnup results 

(3-wt % and 20-GWcVt) are included for comparison and as verification with previous calculations in Ref. 9. 

A comparison of the dominant nuclides and their contributions to the total dose rate for the lower-enrichment 

and low-burnup fuel is consistent with previous ranking studies that assessed more conventional-burnup fuel. 

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_,.__d252 

·--- crn246 

--~--pu240 

••- pu242 

-,i- pu238 

· ··• ··· crn248 

· · ■- cf250 

-+--cm242 

-.Ar- u238 

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40 

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5-year cooling 

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---crn24$ 

--a- pu.240 

- -)(- - pu242 

•-ia- cm248 

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· ···• ··· ::rr:24:? 

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20 

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100-year cooling 

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♦ Co·60 

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: __ .. "' : --~•===••• · ·•- Ct•252 ~- " . . ♦ ... _ . ·y .. _ ~. : -+- Y-90 

j / l ... ·- •· .. . .. +· ...... • != g:;23~6 

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60 80 

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5-year cooling 

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--a- Ba-137m 

-->E--Am-241 

.,..__ _....,_ ·- ■-..- Pu-238 

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: , -· · -..-:-~~- .... __ : ~ -e- Pt:··240 

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: .... --.: -------.,-- Ar_..-- : : ...... 

.~ .■----·- :··------------- -0- Eu-154 

: .,,..,,.- ....___ -.._ · : · : - · ■ . ----- Cm -242 

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Figure 23 Fraction of total dose from dominant nuclides in 5-wt % PWR fuel; steel transport cask, 

100-year cooling 

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--..--c,;-,~~4 

·--- Eu-154 

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. . : ··-... : --- 1 ... c • ..., ____ _,_ ____ ~~.;; ..... _ __...-• · ·•-·· Y-90 

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5-year cooling 

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.,._ Ba-137m 

---cm-244 

·--- Crn-246 --~--Y-90 

•-.- Am-241 

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· ··• ··· Pu-2,~o 

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-+-- Eu-154 

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100-year cooling 

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_. --+----Cc--60 

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i -•-.,:..-• ♦---~•-••-•-•,. •-.- Rh-106 

: -•-•• ... ..,_.,~ j --,i- Pr-144 

. ·····-· ........... ·:·~~·~ ~·i·~-.:.:~:::·~·,;_:~·~':·1⁄4·~·~·~·~·~··. · ·· ♦ ··· Cf-252 

~-- : -- ~ · --•-•-•,•- · ·•- Y-90 

· .~ , : · :·-•- · .. -+- Cm-246 i /w [ \ -'1.- Pu-238 

[ / j : --0 - Ag-11 Om 

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20 40 

Burnup (GWd/t) 

60 80 

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◄- Cm-244 

• Cm-245 

•--- Am-241 

--~--Pu-238 

•-•- Y-90 

--,i- Pu-240 

· --• ·-· r-"}:;--~?4<~ 

· ·■- Ba-137m 

-+-- Cm-248 

-.-- Pu-239 

-0- Eu-154 

- - - - - Cm-242 

··IS:··· U-238 

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Figure 27 Fraction of total dose from dominant nuclides in 5-wt % PWR fuel; lead cask, 100-year cooling 

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Radiation Shielding Sections 

Table 11 Shielding rankings for dominant radionuclides in PWR fuel 

Steel cask Concrete cask Lead cask 

20GWd/t 70 GWd/t 20GWd/t 70 GWd/t 20 GWd/t 70 GWd/t 

3.0wt % 5.0wt % 3.0wt % 5.0wt % 3.0wt % 5.0wt % 

Nuclides0 Percent" Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank 

5-Year cooling 

Ba-137m 3.0 6 2.3 7 9.2 4 8.9 4 0.2 8 0.1 8 

Cm-244 1.8 7 36.1 1 0.3 8 8.3 5 1.9 6 36.6 1 

Co-60 49.8 1 26.4 2 50.3 1 34.6 1 56.4 1 29.9 2 

Cs-134 10.7 3 15.8 3 14.0 2 26.7 2 10.2 3 15.0 3 

Eu-154 4.6 5 7.0 4 5.5 6 10.9 3 4.5 5 6.9 4 

Pr-144 19.6 2 5.0 5 12.4 3 4.2 7 17.3 2 4.4 6 

Rh-106 9.0 4 5.0 6 6.9 5 5.0 6 8.2 4 4.5 5 

Y-90 1.0 8 0.6 8 1.1 7 0.9 8 1.0 7 0.6 7 

JOO-Year cooling 

Am-241 18.6 2 4.3 4 2.2 3 1.3 5 2.9 1 5.4 3 

Ba-137m 42.0 1 12.4 3 85.6 1 66.9 1 3.6 6 0.7 8 

Cm-244 6.0 5 46.6 1 0.7 5 14.8 2 9.5 4 52.3 1 

Cm-246 0.3 9 23.7 2 0.0 9 7.5 3 0.5 9 26.6 2 

Pu-238 3.2 6 4.2 5 0.4 6 1.3 6 5.6 5 5.2 4 

Pu-239 1.8 8 0.2 9 0.2 8 0.1 9 3.2 8 0.3 9 

Pu-240 13.3 3 2.9 7 1.6 4 0.9 7 21.5 2 3.3 6 

Pu-242 2.2 7 1.7 8 0.3 7 0.5 8 3.5 7 1.9 7 

Y-90 11.9 4 3.0 6 8.7 2 5.8 4 18.9 3 3.4 5 

a Dominant nuclides that contribute more than 1 % to the total dose rate. 

b Indicates pe.rcentage contributioo of the nuclide to the total dose rate for the cask configuratioo. 

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Sections Radiation Shielding 

The effect of assembly type (PWR or BWR) on the characteristics of high-burnup spent fuel was investigated 

by regenerating the nuclide importance rankings for an 8 x 8 BWR fuel assembly that incorporated four 

burnable poison rods, each containing 4.0-wt % GdiO3• The results of the shielding importance rankings for 

the moderate-enrichment and moderate-burnup fuel (3-wt % and 20-GWd/t) andhigher-emichment and 

higher-burnup fuel (5-wt % and 70-GWd/t) are listed in Table 12. Toe BWR fuel results for 100-years 

cooling are almost identical to those for the PWR fuel After 5-years cooling, the rankings are affected by 

the larger 60Co contribution in the PWR assembly compared to the BWR assembly due to the significantly 

larger cobalt impurity level associated with the PWR assembly model. In addition, 252Cf appears in the list of 

dominant BWR nuclides due to its larger production in the BWR assembly. A number of nuclides, most 

notably 252Cf, 248Cm, and 246Cm, were found to exhibit large relative changes (up to 60%) in their fractional 

contributions to the total dose rate but have little impact on the total dose rate due to the generally low 

importance of these nuclides. All other changes in nuclide composition between the assembly types resulted 

in changes that were less than 1 % for the cask models studied. 

The most dramatic change in the relative radionuclide importance with burnup is the increasing importance 

of 244Cm to the total dose rate. At shorter cooling times, the dose rate is dominated by fission products and 

the 60Co activation proouct \note, however, that the trace level of 59Co used in this study was highly 

conservative). Contributions from 134Cs and 1~u, both generated by fission product capture as opposed to 

direct production from fission, generally increase with burnup, while 1~ exhibits a steady near-exponential . 

decrea.~r in importance with increasing burnup due to the increasing contribution from other radionuclides. 

At longer cooling times (>5 years) the contribution from 244Cm becomes significant in high-burnup fuel. 

The rapid increase in the 244Cm component results in the decrease in the relative contribution of many fission 

products and 6°Co. 

A significant trend in the shielding results is the dramatic increase in the neutron source, and consequently 

the neutron component of the total dose rate for higher-burnup spent fuel. The increase with burnup is 

dependent on both the cooling time and the cask design. In high-burnup fuel, spontaneous-fission neutrons 

generated primarily by 244Cm dominate the neutron source for cooling times between about 2 and 50 years. 

At the shorter cooling times, 242Cm becomes increasingly important, and at 100 years contributions from 

~ (at low burnup) and 246Cm (at high burnup) represent a significant fraction of the spontaneous-fission 

neutron source and thus the neutron dose rate. At the longer cooling times (>50 years) the (a,n) component 

of the neutron source increases and becomes significant only for relatively low-burnup fuel. 

At short cooling times, the fission products 1~, 1~ 134Cs, and activation product 60Co dominate the total 

dose rate. However, the impurity cobalt level assumed in the assembly structural material is likely many 

times higher than that used in current assembly designs. Therefore, the fractional contribution from 6°Co is 

likely significantly overestimated by this study when considering newer fuel assembly designs. 

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Radiation Shielding Section5 

Table 12 Shielding rankings for dominant radionuclides in BWR fuel 

Steel cask Concrete cask Lead cask 

20GWd/t 70GWd/t 20GWd/t 70GWd/t 20GWd/t 70GWd/t 

3.0wt % 5.0wt % 3.0wt % 5.0wt % 3.0wt % 5.0 wt% 

Nuclides" Percent' Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank 

5-Year cooling 

Ba-137m 4.5 6 2.7 7 13.9 4 11.6 4 0.3 8 0.2 9 

Cf-252 0.0 9 1.3 8 0.0 9 0.3 9 0.0 9 1.4 7 

Cm-244 3.0 7 43.9 1 0.5 8 10.9 5 3.3 6 45.8 1 

Co-60 24.5 2 10.7 3 24.9 1 15.1 2 29.7 1 12.5 3 

Cs-134 16.2 3 19.1 2 21.3 2 34.9 1 16.5 3 18.7 2 

Eu-154 7.0 5 8.1 4 8.4 6 13.5 3 7.4 5 8.2 4 

Pr-144 29.3 1 6.1 5 18.7 3 5.4 7 27.6 2 5.5 6 

Rh-106 13.4 4 6.0 6 10.3 5 6.4 6 13.0 4 5.6 5 

Y-90 1.5 8 0.8 9 1.6 7 1.2 8 1.6 7 0.8 8 

JOO-Year cooling 

Am-241 17.8 2 3.8 5 2.1 3 1.2 6 31.5 1 4.8 4 

Ba-137m 42.0 1 12.2 3 85.6 1 66.7 1 3.6 6 0.7 8 

Cm-244 6.6 5 46.2 1 0.8 5 14.8 2 10.4 4 51.7 1 

Cm-246 0.4 9 25.0 2 0.0 9 8.1 3 0.6 9 28.0 2 

Pu-238 3.4 6 4.0 4 0.4 6 1.3 5 5.8 5 4.9 3 

Pu-239 1.8 8 0.2 9 0.2 8 0.1 9 3.2 8 0.2 9 

Pu-240 13.4 3 3.0 6 1.6 4 0.9 7 21.6 2 3.4 5 

Pu-242 2.2 7 1.6 8 0.3 7 0.5 8 3.4 7 1.8 7 

Y-90 11.9 4 3.0 7 8.7 2 5.8 4 19.0 3 3.3 6 

" Dominant nuclides that contribute more than 1 % to the total dose rate. 

b Indicates percentage contributioo of the nuclide to the total dose rate for the cask configuration. 

52 
6 SUMMARY 

This report has presented the importance rankings of the various actinides, fission products, and activation 

products that are important to criticality safety, decay-heat analysis, and cask-shielding analysis. Toe work 

is largely an extension of previous ranking studies (Ref. 9) to assess higher fuel enrichment and burnup 

regimes, and has focused on the changes in nuclide importance with increasing burnup, rather than cooling 

time, in the respective analysis areas. In addition, the present study has restricted the decay times to between 

2 and 100 years, the regime relevant to spent fuel transport and interim storage. 

Table 13 and Table 14 present summaries of the actinides, fission products, and activation products that have 

importance rankings greater than 0.1 % in any of the application areas. Nuclides having a relative importance 

greater than 10% of the total are designated as high ranking (H), those between 1 % and 10% are medium 

ranking (M), and those less than 1 % are low ranking (L). These designations are provided for a reference 

low-burnup fuel having 3-wt % 235U and 20-GWd/t and high-burnup fuel having 5-wt % 235U and 

70-GW d/t to give a quick indication of large changes in rank with increasing burnup. A reference cooling 

time of 20 years was used in generating these rankings. Thus, the tables do not include some of the shortlived radionuclides important in decay heat and shielding analyses and do not indicate large changes in 

nuclide ranking which do not result in a change in the ranking group (i.e., groups are very broad). These 

tables should therefore only be used as an approximate guide to nuclide importance for longer cooling times 

(about 20 years). 

One of the most significant changes in the spent fuel characteristics associated with high burnup, relative to 

conventional-burnup fuel, is the dramatic increase in the 244Cm concentration in extended-burnup fuel, which 

has an important impact for both decay-heat rates and shielding applications. For decay heating the 

contribution of 244Cm increases from typically about 1 % of the total at low-to-moderate burnup and cooling 

times less than 50 years, to over 10% of the total at high burnup. A large increase in the importance of 

23Tu to decay heat is also observed for high-burnup fuel, and it can contribute from 10% to about 30% of the 

total decay heat for high-burnup fuel. The effect of the increased 244Cm inventory is also responsible for the 

large increase in the neutron source term (spontaneous fission) at high burnup relative to the gamma rays. 

The analysis of a steel transport cask indicates that the contribution from 244Cm can increase from 3% at 

20 GWd/t to over 60% of the total dose rate at 60 GWd/t after 20-years cooling. Consequently, existing 

validation data for low- and moderate-burnup fuel may not be representative of extended burnup fuel since it 

may not accurately represent the contribution from 244Cm and other potentially important radionuclides. 

Any calculational uncertainties or biases based on validation studies for lower-burnup fuel need to be 

reviewed with respect to the changes in the underlying fuel compositions with enrichment and burnup that 

contribute to the response. 

53 
Summary Section6 

Table 13 Summary of actinide rankings by analysis area (20-year cooling time)0 

Criticality Decay heat Sbieldingb 

20GWd/t 70 GWd/t 20GWd/t 70GWd/t 20 GWd/t 70GWd/t 

Isotope 3.0wt % 5.0wt % 3.0 wt% 5.0wt % 3.0wt % 5.0wt % 

U-235 H H 

U-236 L M 

U-238 H H 

Np-237 L M 

Pu-238 L L M H L L 

Pu-239 H H M L 

Pu-240 M M M M L L 

Pu-241 L M L L 

Pu-242 M L L 

Am-241 L M M M L L 

Am-243 L 

Cm-244 L H L H 

Cm-246 M 

"H = high. M = medium. and L = low ranking. 

b Shielding ranking based on results for the steel transport cask model. 

54 
Section6 Summary 

Table 14 Summary of fission- and activation-product rankings by analysis area (20-year cooling time)4 

Criticality Decay heat Sbieldingb 

20 GWd/t 70 GWd/t 20GWd/t 70 GWd/t 20GWd/t 70GWd/t 

Nuclide 3.0wt % 5.0wt % 3.0wt % 5.0wt % 3.0wt % 5.0wt % 

Co-60 c L L H H 

Kr-85 L L 

Sr-90 M M 

Y-90 H H M M 

Mo-95 L L 

Tc-99 L L 

Ru-101 L 

Rh-103 L M 

Pd-105 L 

Pd-108 L 

Ag-109 L 

Xe-131 L L 

Cs-133 L M 

Cs-134 L L L L 

Cs-137 M M 

Ba-137m H H H M 

Pr-141 L 

Nd-143 L M 

Nd-145 L L 

Sm-147 L L 

Sm-149 M M 

Sm-150 L L 

Sm-151 L L 

Sm-152 L L 

Eu-153 L L 

Eu-154 L M M L 

Gd-155 L M 

a H = high, M = medium, and L = low ranking. 

b Shielding ranking based on results for the steel transport cask model. 

c Impoctance rankings based on highly conservative initial cobalt levels and are likely overestimated in this study. 

55 
7 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

Toe importance rankings in this report are designed to facilitate validation efforts related to the prediction of 

spent fuel isotopics and radiological decay prq,erti.es of high-burnup spent fuel by identifying the nuclides 

that have the greatest impact in the application areas of interest and illustrate the variation in nuclide 

importance with burnup. These results also have potential application to establishing the degree of 

applicability of existing validation data to the high-burnup regime and may be useful to help identify the 

challenges that high-burnup fuel presents to existing computational methods and nuclear data. 

Toe availability of experimental data for code validation in the high-enrichment and high-burnup regimes is 

likely to be limited in the near term to isotopic assay measurements that are either underway or are being 

planned in support of criticality burnup credit activities in the United States and in other countries. Through 

these activities the experimental assay programs are seeking to compile a comprehensive database of spent 

fuel isotopics that is representative of the fuel types and assembly designs from operating LWRs. 

Because the experimental database for decay heat and radiation source-term validation data is likely to 

remain limited to low- and moderate-enrichment and burnup fuels in the near term. a separate-effects 

approach to code validation currently used in burnup credit may be a valuable, if not necessary, option for 

validating code predictions of spent fuel radiological decay properties in the high burnup regime. This 

approach relies on independently validating the depletion analysis methods used to predict the spent fuel 

compositions using isotopic assay data, and validating the isotopic response (e.g., isotopic reactivity worth in 

burnup credit applications, or energy release rate per decay for decay heat applications). Such a strategy for 

validating decay heat generation and radiation source-term predictions would be simplified by the fact that 

relatively few radioisotopes are responsible for the responses at high burnup. For example, the decay-heat 

generation rate for high-burnup fuel is dominated by fewer than 10 radionuclides that are responsible for 

about 95% of the total decay heat at 5-years cooling. After 100 years just four radionuclides account for 

about 85% of the decay heating. A similar trend is observed for the radionuclides important to radiation 

shielding. 

A separate-effects approach would also be simplified by the fact that the nuclide decay data parameters 

important in these application areas (recoverable energy per decay for decay heating and radiation emission 

spectra for source terms) are already relatively well established by measurements. Consequently, the 

accuracy of computer code predictiom could be established to a high degree of confidence using measured 

isotopic inventory data alone. Unfortunately, many of the nuclides important to the burnup credit are for the 

most part different than those important to decay-heat and radiation-source-term analysis. However, some 

overlap does exist. 

!t :. · :_ "-m · ,ended that considern.t.J0n be given to expanding the isotopic assay measurements currently being 

p:~,.ned within th~ United States in support of the burnup credit activities to include additional radionuclides 

important to decay heating and radiation-source-term applications. A review of the findings from this study 

suggests that relatively few new radionuclides are needed to provide a relatively comprehensive 

characterization of high-burnup spent fuel in the respective application areas. Also, several key 

radionuclides exist as parent-daughter pairs (e.g., 137Cs-137"'Ba, 90Sr-90y, 144Ce-1~) and therefore only one 

radionuclide in these pairs would require measurement since they exist in secular equilibrium (i.e., the 

activities of the parent and daughter product are equal). Toe selected parent or daughter could be chosen to 

optimize the coverage of different application areas. 

57 
Conclusions and Recommendations Section 7 

For decay-heat generation the recommended additional nuclides (those not g~nerallv included in burnup 

credit isotopic assay experiments) include: 137"13a, 90Y, 1~ 134Cs, 144p.,, 1~u. 

244Cm. For cask shielding 

analyses only one additional nuclide, 246Cm, not already identified as being important to burnup credit or 

decay heating, would be needed to accurately represent the radiation source term for high burnup spent fuel. 

Longer-tenn acquisition of decay-heat measurements for high-burnup fuel is currently being pursued through 

ORNL participation in a Swedish program to measure decay-heat levels for high-burnup and modern design 

PWR and BWR assemblies being performed for the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., 

SKB. However, it may be several years before validation data are made available. Currently, no known 

programs are being planned to measure radiation source terms for high-burnup fuel assemblies. Experiments 

have been proposed as part of the REBUS program (Belgonucleaire) to measure neutron source emission 

rates from high-burnu~ MOX and ~sibly U02 fuel samples. However, since the major neutron emitters in 

these samples will be 2cm and Cm (due to the relatively short cooling times of these samples) it is not 

clear that such measurements would be preferable to isotopic measurements since the uncertainties in the 

REBUS measurements could be large. Since the neutron emission spectra for these isotopes are well known, 

the acquisition of inventory data for the major spontaneous-fission actinides could provide a more accurate 

validation of the neutron source. Radionuclide inventory measurements could provide an accurate method 

for the validation of both neutron and gamma-ray source terms, and would allow validation over a potentially 

wide range of burnups and cooling times. 

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APPENDIX A 

COMPUTER CODE INPUT AND OUTPUT LISTINGS 

61 
APPENDIX A 

COMPUTER CODE INPUT AND 

OUTPUT LISTINGS 

Listing A.1 Example of SAS2 input listing used to generate PWR isotopic compositions 

$HOME/nrc/ranking/pwr/pwr4_60.in 

=sas2 pann='skipshipdata' 

17x17 pwr westinghouse assembly 

mixtures of fuel-pin-unit-cell: 

44group latticecell 

uo2 1 den=l0.32 1 811 

92234 0.0356 92235 4.0 92236 0.0184 92238 95.946 end 

zr-94 1 0 1-20 811 end 

mo-94 1 0 1-20 811 end 

nb-95 1 0 1-20 811 end 

mo-95 1 0 1-20 811 end 

tc-99 1 0 1-20 811 end 

ru-106 1 0 1-20 811 end 

rh-103 1 0 1-20 811 end 

rh-105 1 0 1-20 811 end 

sn-126 1 0 1-20 811 end 

xe-131 1 0 1-20 811 end 

cs-134 1 0 1-20 811 end 

cs-135 1 0 1-20 811 end 

cs-137 1 0 1-20 811 end 

ce-144 1 0 1-20 811 end 

pr-143 1 0 1-20 811 end 

nd-143 1 0 1-20 811 end 

nd-144 1 0 1-20 811 end 

nd-145 1 0 1-20 811 end 

nd-146 1 0 1-20 811 end 

nd-147 1 0 1-20 811 end 

nd-148 1 0 1-20 811 end 

nd-150 1 0 1-20 811 end 

sm-147 1 0 1-20 811 end 

sm-149 1 0 1-20 811 end 

sm-150 1 0 1-20 811 en~ 

sm-151 1 0 1-20 811 end 

sm-152 1 0 1-20 811 end 

pm-147 1 0 1-20 811 end 

pm-148 1 0 1-20 811 end 

pm-149 1 0 1-20 811 end 

eu-151 1 0 1-20 811 end 

eu-153 1 0 1-20 811 end 

eu-154 1 0 1-20 811 end 

eu-155 1 0 1-20 811 end 

gd-155 1 0 1-20 811 end 

gd-157 1 0 1-20 811 end 

gd-158 1 0 1-20 811 end 

gd-160 1 0 1-20 811 end 

zirc2 2 1 620 end 

h2o 3 den=0.7295 1 570 end 

boron 3 den=0.7295 550-6 570 end 

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Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

550 ppm boron (wt) in moderator 

end comp 

fuel-pin-cell geometry: 

squarepitch 1.25984 0.81915 1 3 0.94966 2 0.83566 0 end 

assembly and cycle parameters: 

npin/assm=264 fuelngth=790.28 ncycles=8 nlib/cyc=l 

printlevel=4 lightel=9 inplevel=l ortube=0.61214 srtube=0.5715 

numinstr=l end 

power=35 burn=75.0 down=O.O end 

power=35 burn=75.0 down=O.O end 

power=35 burn=lSO.O down=O.O end 

power=35 burn=300.0 down=O.O end 

power=35 burn=300.0 down=O.O end 

power=35 burn=300.0 down=O.O end 

power=35 burn=300.0 down=O.O end 

power=35 burn=214.3 down=O.O end 

o 135 er 5.9 mn 0.33 

fe 13. co 0.075 ni 9.9 

zr 221 nb 0.71 sn 3.6 

end 

=shell 

cp ft71f001 $RTNDIR/pwr4e_60g.sas2.ft71f001 

end 

=origens 

0$$ all 71 e t 

decay case 

3$$ 15 a3 1 27 

35$$ 0 t 

a16 0 a33 18 et 

56$$ a13 

56$$ 0 10 

-2 reads data from position 2 on ft71f001 

a6 1 alO O a13 -2 a14 5 1 a17 2 e 

57** 0 et 

spent fuel 100-year decay 

60** 1 2 3 5 10 20 30 so 70 100 

61** f 0.000001 

65$$ a25 1 a46 1 e 

81$$ 2 O 26 1 e 

82$$ lOr 2 

83** 1.e+7 8.e+6 6.5e+6 5.e+6 

3.e+6 2.Se+6 2.e+6 1.66e+6 

1.e+6 8.e+S 6.e+S 4.e+S 

2.e+S 1.e+S 5.e+4 1.e+4 

84** 2.e+7 6.434e+6 3.e+6 1. 85e+6 

9.e+5 4.e+S 1.e+S 1.7e+4 

S.Se+2 1.e+2 3.e+l 1.e+l 

1. 77e+O 1.29999e+O 1.12999e+O 1.e+O 

4.e-1 3.25e-1 2.25e-1 9.999985e-2 

3.e-2 9.999998e-3 1.e-5 

6t 

4% 235u, 60 gwd/mtu pwr spent fuel source 

4% 235u, 60 gwd/mtu pwr spent fuel source 

4% 235u, 60 gwd/mtu pwr spent fuel source 

4% 235u, 60 gwd/mtu pwr spent fuel source 

4% 235u, 60 gwd/mtu pwr spent fuel source 

4% 235u, 60 gwd/mtu pwr spent fuel source 

4% 235u, 60 gwd/mtu pwr spent fuel source 

4% 235u, 60 gwd/mtu pwr spent fuel source 

4% 235u, 60 gwd/mtu pwr spent fuel source 

4% 235u, 60 gwd/mtu pwr spent fuel source 

write time steps 1 - 10 in positions 

3 - 12 on ft7lf001 

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4.e+6 

1. 33e+6 

3.e+5 

1.4e+6 

3 .e+3 

3.04999e+O 

8.e-1 

5.e-2 

Appendix.A 
Appendix A Computer Ccxle Input and Output Listings 

56$$ O -10 alO 1 et 

56$$ fO t 

end 

=shell 

cp ft15f001 $RTNDIR/pwr4e_60g.ft15f001 

cp ft71f001 $RTNDIR/pwr4e_60g.ft71f001 

end 

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Computer Code Input and Output Listings Appendix A 

Listing A.2 Example of SAS2 input listing used to generate BWR isotopic compositions 

$HOME/nrc/ranking/bwr/4.0_gd/bwr5e_4gd_70g.in 

=sas2 parm='skipshipdata' 

8x8 bwr assembly 

• Fuel enrichment 5.0 wt% of u-235, Fuel Temperature 840K 

• Moderator Temperature 558K, Moderator Density 0.4323 g/cc 

• 9 cycles and one library per cycle 

• 35 MW/MTU specific power - 70 GWd/MTU burnup 

mixtures of fuel-pin-unit-cell: 

44group latticecell 

uo2 1 den=9.871 1 840 

92234 0.0445 92235 5.0 92236 0.0230 92238 94.9325 end 

zr-94 

mo-94 

nb-9? 

mo-95 

tc-99 

ru-106 

rh-103 

rh-105 

sn-126 

1 0 1-20 

1 0 1-20 

1 0 1-20 

1 0 1-20 

1 0 1-20 

1 0 1-20 

1-20 

1-20 

1-20 

1-20 

1-20 

1 0 

1 0 

1 0 

0 

0 

0 1-20 

0 1-20 

0 1-20 

0 1-20 

0 

xe-131 1 

cs-134 1 

cs-135 1 

cs-137 1 

ce-144 1 

pr-143 1 

nd-143 1 

nd-144 1 

nd-145 1 

nd-146 1 

nd-147 1 0 

nd-148 1 0 

nd-150 1 0 

sm-147 1 0 

sm-149 1 0 

1-20 

1-20 

1-20 

0 

0 

0 1-20 

1-20 

1-20 

1-20 

1-20 

1-20 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

840 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

end 

sm-150 1 0 1-20 840 end 

sm-151 1 0 1-20 840 end 

sm-152 1 O 1-20 840 end 

pm-147 1 O 1-20 840 end 

pm-148 1 0 1-20 840 end 

pm-149 1 0 1-20 840 end 

eu-151 1 0 1-20 840 end 

eu-153 1 0 1-20 840 end 

eu-154 1 0 1-20 840 end 

eu-155 1 O 1-20 840 end 

gd-155 1 0 1-20 840 end 

gd-157 1 0 1-20 840 end 

gd-158 1 0 1-20 840 end 

gd-160 1 0 1-20 840 end 

zirc2 2 1 620 end 

h2o 3 den=0.4323 1 558 end 

mixtures of larger unit cell 

uo2 9 den=9.871 1 840 

92234 0.0445 92235 5.0 92236 0.0230 92238 94.9325 end 

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Appendix A 

arbm-gdburn 9.871 7 0 1 

64154 2.18 

64157 15.65 

8016 150.0 

1 

64155 14.80 64156 20.47 

64158 24.84 64160 21.86 

9 0.040 840 end 

.... above is 4.0 wt% gadolinium (as gd2o3) in 

the burnable poison pins of bwr assembly 

zirc2 10 1 588 end 

.... above is zircalloy casing around assembly 

b-10 11 0 7.15-6 552 end 

h2o 11 0.669 552 end 

.... above is channel moderator at higher density 

end comp 

fuel-pin-cell geometry: 

squarepitch 1.6256 1.0795 1 3 1.25222 2 end 

assembly and cycle parameters: 

npin/assm=63 fuelngth=1993.26 ncycles=9 nlib/cyc=l 

printlevel=4 lightel=8 inplevel=2 numzones=6 end 

9 0.53975 2 0.62611 3 0.91715 500 3.6398 10 3.8103 11 4.3261 

Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

.. these mixturs & radii place gadolinium pin at center 

of 1/4 of assembly fuel, casing & channel mod. 

power=35 

power=35 

power=35 

power=35 

power=35 

power=35 

power=35 

power=35 

power=35 

o 135 

fe 6.6 

zr 516 

end 

=shell 

burn=75.0 down=O.O end 

burn=75.0 down=O.O end 

burn=150.0 down=O.O end 

burn=300.0 down=O.O end 

burn=300.0 down=O.O end 

burn=300.0 down=O.O end 

burn=300.0 down=O.O end 

burn=300.0 down=O.O end 

burn=200.0 down=O.O end 

er 2.4 mn 0.15 

co 0.024 ni 2.4 

sn 8.7 

cp ft71f001 $RTNDIR/bwr5e_4gd_70g.sas2.ft71f001 

end 

=origens 

0$$ all 71 

decay case 

3$$ 15 a3 1 

35$$ 0 t 

e t 

27 a16 0 a33 18 et 

56$$ a13 

56$$ 0 10 

-2 reads data from position 2 on ft71f001 

a6 1 alO O a13 -2 a14 5 1 a17 2 e 

57** 0 et 

spent fuel 100-year decay 

60** 1 2 3 5 10 20 30 so 70 100 

61** f 0.000001 

65$$ a25 1 a46 1 e 

81$$ 2 0 26 1 e 

82$$ lOr 2 

83** 1.e+7 8.e+6 

3.e+6 2.5e+6 2.e+6 

1.e+6 8.e+S 6.e+5 

2.e+S 1.e+S 5.e+4 

84** 2.e+7 6.434e+6 

9.e+S 4.e+S 1.e+S 

5.5e+2 1.e+2 3 .e+l 

6.5e+6 

3.e+6 

l.77e+O 1.29999e+O l.12999e+O 

5.e+6 

1.66e+6 

4.e+5 

l.e+4 

1.85e+6 

l.7e+4 

1.e+l 

1.e+O 

67 

4.e+6 

1. 33e+6 

3.e+5 

1.4e+6 

3 .e+3 

3.04999e+O 

8.e-1 
Computer Code Input and Output Listings Appendix A 

4.e-1 3.25e-1 2.25e-1 9.999985e-2 5.e-2 

3.e-2 9.999998e-3 1.e-5 

6t 

s, 235u, 70 gwd/mtu bwr spent fuel source 

s, 235u, 70 gwd/mtu bwr spent fuel source 

s, 235u, 70 gwd/mtu bwr spent fuel source 

s, 235u, 70 gwd/mtu bwr spent fuel source 

s, 235u, 70 gwd/mtu bwr spent fuel source 

s, 235u, 70 gwd/mtu bwr spent fuel source 

s, 235u, 70 gwd/mtu bwr spent fuel source 

s, 235u, 70 gwd/mtu bwr spent fuel source 

s, 235u, 70 gwd/mtu bwr spent fuel source 

s, 235u, 70 gwd/mtu bwr spent fuel source 

write time steps 1 - 10 in positions 

3 - 12 on ft71f001 

56$$ 0 -10 al0 1 e t 

56$$ f0 t 

end 

=shell 

cp ft15f001 $RTNDIR/bwr5e_4gd_70g.ft15f001 

cp ft71f001 $RTNDIR/bwr5e_4gd_70g.ft71f001 

end 

68 
Appendix A Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

Listing A.3 ORIGEN-S and SASl shielding analysis input files (steel cask model) 

$HOME/nrc/ranking/dose/tn24p_pb210.in 

this run computes dose factors for 1 g-atom of pb-210 

=origens 

0$$ all 71 et 

decay case for 1 gram-atom pb-210 

3$$ 21 1 1 27 a16 0 a33 18 et 

35$$ 0 t 

56$$ a2 1 a6 1 al0 0 a13 1 a15 3 e 

57** 0 et 

unit photon source 

1 gram-atom pb-210 

60** 0. 

61** f. 05 

65$$ 

'gram-atoms grams curies watts-all watts-gamma 

3z 1 

3z 1 

3z 1 

81$$ 2 0 26 1 

82$$ 2 

83** 1.e+7 

3.e+6 

1.e+6 

2.e+5 

0 0 

0 0 

0 0 

e 

8.e+6 

2.Se+6 

8.e+5 

1.e+S 

6 .434e+6 

4.e+5 

1.e+2 

3z 

3z 

3z 

6.5e+6 

2.e+6 

6.e+5 

5.e+4 

3.e+6 

1.e+S 

3.e+l 

84** 2.e+7 

9.e+5 

5.5e+2 

1.77e+0 

4.e-1 

3.e-2 

1.29999e+0 1.12999e+0 

73$$ 822100 

74** 1 

75$$ 2 t 

3.25e-1 

9.999998e-3 

2.25e-1 

1.e-5 

surry photon source timestep 1 

56$$ 2z al0 1 f0 t 

56$$ f0 t 

end 

=sasl parm='size=300000' 

3z 3z 6z 

3z 3z 6z 

3z 3z 6z 

S.e+6 4.e+6 

1. 66e+6 1.33e+6 

4.e+5 3.e+5 

1.e+4 

1. 85e+6 1.4e+6 

1. 7e+4 3 .e+3 

1.e+l 3.04999e+0 

1.e+0 8.e-1 

9.99998Se-2 5.e-2 

1-d model of tn24p w/ 24 uncons. fuel assemblies smeared over 72.25 cm 

27n-18couple infholllllledium 

'mixture 1, homogenized fuel zone: fuel pins, clad, & basket 

uo2 1 0.192 293 92235 3.0 92238 97.0 end 

zircalloy 1 0.0647 293 end 

arbmball 0.170 2 1 0 0 5000 2.5 13027 97.5 1 end 

."'.'ixture 2, boral basket 

arbmoal2 2.65 2 1 0 0 5000 2.5 13027 97.5 2 end 

carbonsteel 3 end 

'mixture 4, radial neutron shield (includes fins) 

arbm:resin 1.505 6 1 0 1 5000 1.05 1001 5.05 6012 35.13 8016 41.73 

13027 14.93 29000 2.11 4 1.0 293 5010 18.3022 5011 81.6978 end 

cu 4 0.0476 end 

ss304 5 end 

end comp 

end 

last 

tn24p with 24 unconsolided fuel assemblies 

cylinder 

1 72.25 60 +1 0 0.0 71 1 5.998+6 11.04 

2 72. 75 0 

3 99.75 

4 113.0 

5 114.0 

end zone 

2 

40 

25 0 

4 0 

0 

69 
Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

'2 det.@ 1" ans 2' from surface(114.0) 

365.76 116.54 182.88 

end 

=shell 

grep \(total\) _out*> tmp 

sed 's/total/pb-210 /; s/_out0005:/822100/' tmp >> ddata 

rm _out* 

ep ddata $RTNDIR/pb210_dose_factors 

end 

70 

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Appendix A Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

Listing A.4 Example of input listing for total dose for steel cask 

$HOME/nrc/ranking/pwr/tot_tn24p_pwr_4e_60g.in 

this case begins with the concentrations in position 5 of ft71f001 

which has 12 positions. position 1 has the end of irradiation 

concentrations from the sas2 case. position 2 has the concentrations 

from the end of the sas2 decay case (zero length). positions 

3 through 12 are from the origen-s case run separately. 

=shell 

cp $RTNDIR/pwr4e_60g.ft71f001 ft71f001 

end 

=~asl parm='size=300000' 

1-d model of tn24p w/ 24 uncons. fuel assemblies smeared over 72.25 cm 

27n-18couple infhommedium 

'mixture 1, homogenized fuel zone: fuel pins, clad, & basket 

uo2 1 0.192 293 92235 3.0 92238 97.0 end 

zircalloy 1 0.0647 293 end 

arbmball 0.170 2 1 0 0 5000 2.5 13027 97.5 1 end 

'mixture 2, boral basket 

arbmbal2 2.65 2 1 O O 5000 2.5 13027 97.5 2 end 

carbonsteel 3 end 

'mixture 4, radial neutron shield (includes fins) 

arbm:resin 1.505 6 1 0 1 5000 1.05 1001 5.05 6012 35.13 8016 41.73 

13027 14.93 29000 2.11 4 1.0 293 5010 18.3022 5011 81.6978 end 

cu 4 0.0476 end 

ss304 5 end 

end comp 

end 

tn24p with 24 unconsolided fuel assemblies 

cylinder 

, source position 5/6/8/12 ={3/5/20/100 years) 

1 72.25 60 

2 72.75 2 

3 99.75 40 

4 113.0 25 

5 114.0 4 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

+1 0 0.0 71 5 5.998+6 11.04 

0 

0 

0 

0 

'2 det.@ 1' ans 2' from surface{114.0) 

365.76 116.54 182.88 

end 

tn24p with 24 unconsolided fuel assemblies 

cylinder 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

source 

72.25 

72. 75 

99.75 

113 .0 

114.0 

position 5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

60 +1 0 0.0 71 6 5.998+6 11.04 

2 0 

40 0 

25 0 

4 0 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

' 2 det.@ l" ans 2' from surface(114.0) 

365.76 116.54 182.88 

end 

tn24p with 24 unconsolided fuel assemblies 

cylinder 

1 

2 

3 

4 

source 

72.25 

72. 75 

99.75 

113 .0 

position 5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

60 +1 0 0.0 71 8 5.998+6 11.04 

2 0 

40 0 

25 0 

71 
Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

5 114.0 4 0 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

'2 det.@ l" ans 2' from surface{ll4.0) 

365.76 116.54 182.88 

end 

last 

tn24p with 24 unconsolided fuel assemblies 

cylinder 

'source position 5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

1 72.25 60 +l O 0.0 71 12 5.998+6 11.04 

2 72.75 2 0 

3 99.75 40 0 

4 113.0 25 0 

5 114.0 4 0 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

' 2 det.@ l" ans 2' from surface{ll4.0) 

365.76 116.54 182.88 

end 

72 

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Appendix A Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

Listing A.5 Example of input listing for total dose for concrete cask 

$HOME/nrc/ranking/pwr/tot_vsc_pwr_4e_60g.in 

this case begins with the concentrations in position 5 of ft7lf001 

which has 12 positions. position 1 has the end of irradiation 

concentrations from the sas2 case. position 2 has the concentrations 

from the end of the sas2 decay case (zero length). positions 

3 through 12 are from the origen-s case run separately. 

=shell 

cp $RTNDIR/pwr4e_60g.ft7lf001 ft7lf001 

end 

=sasl parm='size=300000' 

1-d radial model of vsc with consolidated fuel smeared over 63. cm 

27n-18couple infhommedium 

'mixture 1, homogenized fuel zone: fuel pins, clad, & basket 

uo2 1 .377 293 92235 3.0 92238 97.0 end 

zircalloy 1 0.109 end 

ss304 1 .102 end 

ss304 2 end , mixture 3, ordinary concrete 

h 3 0. 7. 77-3 end 

0 3 0. 4.39-2 end 

na 3 0. 1. 05-3 end 

mg 3 0. 1.49-4 end 

al 3 0. 2.39-3 end 

si 3 0. 1. 58-2 end 

s 3 0. 5.64-5 end 

k 3 0. 6.93-4 end 

ca 3 0. 2.92-3 end 

fe 3 0. 3 .13-4 end 

end comp 

end 

vsc with consolidated fuel 

cylinder 

source position 5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

1 63.0 60 

0 66.04 2 

2 67 .31 3 

0 74.93 5 

2 83.19 20 

3 133.35 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

40 

+l 0 0.0 71 5 4.56+6 15.64 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

'2 det.@ l' ans 2' from surface(l33.35) 

365.76 135.89 182.88 

end 

vsc with consolidated fuel 

cylinder 

' source 

1 63.0 

position 

60 +1 0 

2 0 

5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

0.0 71 6 4.56+6 15.64 

0 66.04 

2 67. 31 

0 74.93 

2 83.19 

3 133.35 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

3 0 

5 0 

20 

40 

read xsdose 

0 

0 

' 2 det. @ l' ans 2' from surface(l33.35) 

365.76 135.89 182.88 

end 

vsc with consolidated fuel 

cylinder 

73 
ComputrJ" Code Input and Output Listings 

' source position 5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

1 63.0 60 +1 0 0.0 71 8 4.56+6 15.64 

0 66.04 2 0 

2 67.31 3 0 

0 74. 93 5 0 

2 83.19 20 0 

3 133.35 40 0 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

'2 det.@ 1' ans 2' from surface(133.35) 

365.76 135.89 182.88 

end 

last 

vsc with consolidated fuel 

cylinder 

source position 5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

1 63.0 60 +1 0 0.0 71 12 4.56+6 15.64 

0 66.04 2 0 

2 67.31 3 0 

0 74.93 5 0 

2 83.19 20 0 

3 133.35 40 0 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

' 2 det. @ 1' ans 2' from surface(133.35) 

365.76 135.89 182.88 

end 

74 

Appendix A 
Appendix A Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

Listing A.6 Example of input listing for total dose for lead cask 

$HOME/nrc/ranking/bwr/4.0_gd_rerun/tot_pb_bwr_5e_4gd_70g.in 

this case begins with the concentrations in position 5 of ft7lf001 

which has 12 positions. position 1 has the end of irradiation 

concentrations from the sas2 case. position 2 has the concentrations 

from the end of the sas2 decay case (zero length). positions 

3 through 12 are from the origen-s case run separately. 

=shell 

cp $RTNDIR/bwr5e_4gd_70g.ft7lf001 ft7lf001 

end 

=sasl parm='size=300000' 

1-d model of lead cask with 24 uncons. assemblies smeared over 72.25 cm 

27n-18couple infhonunedium 

'mixture 1, homogenized fuel zone: fuel pins, clad, & basket 

uo2 1 0.192 293 92235 3.0 92238 97.0 end 

zircalloy 1 0.0647 293 end 

arbmball 0.170 2 1 0 0 5000 2.5 13027 97.5 1 end 

'mixture 2, boral basket 

arbmbal2 2.65 2 1 0 0 5000 2.5 13027 97.5 2 end 

pb 3 end 

'mixture 4, radial neutron shield (includes fins} 

arbm:resin 1.505 6 1 O 1 5000 1.05 1001 5.05 6012 35.13 8016 41.73 

13027 14.93 29000 2.11 4 1.0 293 5010 18.3022 5011 81.6978 end 

cu 4 0.0476 end 

ss304 5 end 

end comp 

end 

lead cask similar to tn24p with 18.6 cm lead replacing 27 cm c-steel 

cylinder 

'source 

1 72.25 

2 72.75 

3 85.45 

4 98.7 

5 99.7 

position 5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

60 +l O 0.0 71 5 5.998+6 11.04 

2 0 

40 0 

25 0 

4 0 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

'2 det.@ l' ans 2' from surface(99.7) 

365.76 102.24 182.88 

end 

lead cask similar to tn24p with 18.6 cm lead replacing 27 cm c-steel 

cylinder 

' source position 5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

1 72.25 60 +l O 0.0 71 6 5.998+6 11.04 

2 72.75 2 0 

3 85.45 40 0 

4 98.7 25 0 

5 99.7 4 0 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

• 2 det.@ l' ans 2' from surface(99.7) 

365.76 102.24 182.88 

end 

lead cask similar to tn24p with 18.6 cm lead replacing 27 cm c-steel 

cylinder 

' source 

1 72.25 

2 72.75 

3 85.45 

4 98.7 

5 99.7 

position 5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

60 +1 0 0.0 71 8 5.998+6 11.04 

2 0 

40 0 

25 0 

4 0 

75 
Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

'2 det.@ 1' ans 2' from surface(99.7) 

365.76 102.24 182.88 

end 

last 

lead cask similar to tn24p with 18.6 cm lead replacing 27 cm c-steel 

cylinder 

'source position 5/6/8/12 =(3/5/20/100 years) 

1 72.25 60 +1 0 0.0 71 12 5.998+6 11.04 

2 72. 75 2 0 

3 85.45 40 0 

4 98.7 25 0 

5 99.7 4 0 

end zone 

ndetec=l 

read xsdose 

'2 det.@ 1" ans 2' from surface(99.7) 

365.76 102.24 182.88 

end 

76 

Appendix A 
Appendix A Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

Listing A. 7 Example of OPUS input file for absorption rankings 

$HOME/nrc/ranking/pwr/opus_abs_act_pwr4e_60g.in 

this case begins with the concentrations in position 2 of ft71f001 

which has 12 positions. position 1 has the end of irradiation 

concentrations from the sas2 case. position 2 has the concentrations 

from the end of the sas2 decay case (zero length). positions 

3 through 12 are from the origen-s case run separately. 

(1) first link after =shell is to link 

latest opus executable 

(2) link below would use pwr 33 GWd/MTU 

library but this does not use the 

correct cross sections for absorption 

' ln -s $DATA/pwr33gwd ft33f001 

note that any library can be used to 

get the other data needed for opus--

it takes the first library found in a 

multiburnup library 

(3) second link after =shell uses last 

temporary library from ftlSf00l in 

the sas2 run--ftlSf00l is the unit 

for temporary storage of binary 

libraries before they are added to the 

back of the multiburnup library on 

ft33f001 

(3) third link after =shell uses ft7lf001 

saved from origen-s decay case run as 

a separate job after sas2 run that 

saved 12 positions on ft71f001 

=shell 

ln -s /home/2ul/bin/opus opus 

ln -s $RTNDIR/pwr4e_60g.ft15f001 ft15f001 

ln -s $RTNDIR/pwr4e_60g.ft71f001 ft71f001 

end 

=opus 

default=no 

libunit=lS 

units=absorption 

time=year 

typarms=nucl 

tmax=l00.l 

libtyp=act 

nposition= 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 end 

xlabel=cooling time (years) 

dbug=no 

,rank=12 

.-,·,mnuc= am-241 

pu-241 

end 

end 

am-243 

pu-242 

np-237 pu-238 pu-239 

u-234 u-235 u-236 

save plot data file 

=shell 

cp _plot000 SRTNDIR/_plot.abs_act_pwr4e_60g 

end 

77 

pu-240 

u-238 
Listing A.8 Example of OPUS nuclide importance listing output for absorption rankings 

spent fuel 100-year decay 

cooling time (years) 

absorption fractions 

nuclide 

11 13 

O.OOOE+OO 1.000E+OO 2.000E+OO 3.000E+OO 5.000E+OO 1.000E+Ol 2.000E+Ol 3.000E+Ol 5.000E+Ol 7.001E+01 1.000E+02 

u238 2.856E-01 2.895E-01 2.899E-01 2.903E-01 2.909E-01 2.922E-01 2.939E-01 2.950E-01 2.964E-01 2.971E-01 2.979E-01 

pu239 2.574E-01 2.653E-01 2.657E-01 2.660E-01 2.666E-01 2.677E-01 2.692E-01 2.702E-01 2.713E-01 2.719E-01 2.724E-Ol 

pu240 8.698E-02 8.840E-02 8.874E-02 8.907E-02 8.966E-02 9.089E-02 9.269E-02 9.390E-02 9.521E-02 9.575E-02 9.601E-02 

u235 6.195E-02 6.280E-02 6.290E-02 6.298E-02 6.313E-02 6.340E-02 6.380E-02 6.408E-02 6.442E-02 6.465E-02 6.490E-02 

am241 2.018E-03 4.657E-03 7.152E-03 9.530E-03 1. 396E-02 2.330E-02 3.626E-02 4.400E-02 5.092E-02 5.253E-02 5.164E-02 

--.l u236 1.146E-02 1.162E-02 1.164E-02 1.165E-02 1.168E-02 1.173E-02 1.181E-02 1.186E-02 1.193E-02 1.198E-02 1.203E-02 

00 pu242 1. 074E-02 1.089E-02 1.090E-02 1.092E-02 1.094E-02 1. 099E-02 1.lOSE-02 1.109E-02 1.114E-02 1.117E-02 1.120E-02 

np237 8.792E-03 9.0SGE-03 9.072E-03 9.089E-03 9.122E-03 9.213E-03 9.436E-03 9.698E-03 1.028E-02 1.088E-02 1.178E-02 

pu241 7.987E-02 7. 715E-02 7.362E-02 7.024E-02 6.391E-02 5.040E-02 3.127E-02 1. 937E-02 7.404E-03 2.825E-03 6.654E-04 

am243 5.466E-03 5.545E-03 5.553E-03 5.559E-03 5.571E-03 5.591E-03 5.619E-03 5.635E-03 5.650E-03 5.654E-03 5.654E-03 

pu238 4.990E-03 5.295E-03 5.314E-03 5.290E-03 5.221E-03 5.041E-03 4.685E-03 4. 347E-03 3.729E-03 3.193E-03 2.527E-03 

u234 8.716E-04 9.088E-04 9.359E-04 9.628E-04 1.016E-03 1.144E-03 1.387E-03 1. 611E-03 2.009E-03 2.349E-03 2.769E-03 

total 8.188E-01 8.329E-01 8.332E-01 8.334E-01 8.334E-01 8.331E-01 8.324E-Ol 8.320E-01 8.314E-01 8.309E-01 8.304E-01 
Appendix A Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

Listing A.9 Example of OPUS input for total decay-heat calculations 

$HOME/nrc/ranking/bwr/4.0_gd_rerun/opus_watts_all_bwr5e_4gd_70g.in 

this case begins with the concentrations in position 2 of ft71f001 

which has 12 positions. position 1 bas the end of irradiation 

concentrations from the sas2 case. position 2 has the concentrations 

from the end of the sas2 decay case (zero length). positions 

3 through 12 are from the origen-s case run separately. 

(1) first link after =shell is to link Ian's 

latest opus executable 

(2) link below would use pwr 33 GWd/NTU 

library but this does not use the 

correct cross sections for absorption 

ln -s $DATA/pwr33gwd ft33f001 

note that any library can be used to 

get the other data needed for opus--

it takes the first library found in a 

multiburnup library 

(3) second link after =shell uses last 

temporary library from ft15f001 in 

the sas2 run--ftlSf00l is the unit 

for temporary storage of binary 

libraries before they are added to the 

back of the multiburnup library on 

ft33f001 

(3) third link after =shell uses ft71f001 

saved from origen-s decay case run as 

a separate job after sas2 run that 

saved 12 positions on ft71f001 

=shell 

ln -s /home/2ul/bin/opus opus 

ln -s $RTNDIR/bwr5e_4gd_70g.ft15f001 ft15f001 

ln -s $RTNDIR/bwr5e_4gd_70g.ft71f001 ft71f001 

end 

=opus 

default=no 

libunit=lS 

units=watts 

time=year 

typarms=nucl 

tmax=l00.1 

libtyp=all 

nposition= 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 end 

xlabel=cooling time (years) 

dbug=no 

nrank=25 

symnuc= ag-ll0m am-241 am-243 ba-137m cs-134 

ce-144 cm-242 

np-239 pm-147 

pu-241 rh-106 

co-60 end 

end 

save plot data file 

=shell 

cm-243 cm-244 eu-154 

pr-144 pu-238 pu-239 

ru-106 sb-125 sr-90 

cs-137 

kr-85 

pu-240 

y-90 

cp _plot000 $RTNDIR/_plot.watts_all_bwr5e_4gd_70g 

end 

79 
(') 

0 

.@ 

Listing A.10 Example of OPUS nuclide importance listing output for decay-heat rankings ~ "" (') 

~ spent fuel 100-year decay i cooling time (years) 

thermal power, watts/ mthm .... nuclide 

11 26 [ 

O.OOOE+OO 1.000E+OO 2.000E+OO 3.000E+OO 5.000E+OO 1.000E+Ol 2.000E+Ol 3.000E+Ol 5.000E+Ol 7.00lE+Ol 1.000E+02 i pu238 3.636E+02 3. 774E+02 3.776E+02 3.7538+02 3.6958+02 3.5538+02 3.2838+02 3.0348+02 2.5918+02 2.2128+02 1.7468+02 

ba137m 8.2548+02 8.0088+02 7. 8258+02 7.647E+02 7. 3018+02 6.5058+02 5.1638+02 4.0978+02 2.5818+02 1. 626E+02 8.1298+01 

y90 8.5498+02 7.9368+02 7.742E+02 7.5548+02 7.1918+02 6. 3 588+02 4.9708+02 3.8858+02 2.3748+02 1.4518+02 6.930E+01 a 

arn241 8.2828+00 1.8308+01 2.7838+01 3.690E+01 5. 372E+01 8.903:B+Ol 1.375E+02 1.661E+02 1. 913E+02 1. 9688+02 l.929E+02 C 

cm244 8.0488+02 7.7588+02 7.466E+02 7.1868+02 6.6568+02 5.4968+02 3.747E+02 2.5558+02 1.1888+02 5.5228+01 1. 7508+01 rn 

csl37 2.455E+02 2.3998+02 2.344E+02 2.2918+02 2.1878+02 1.9498+02 1. 5478+02 1.2278+02 7.7328+01 4.8718+01 2.4358+01 gsr90 1. 7058+02 1.6648+02 1.6248+02 1. 5848+02 1. 5088+02 1.3338+02 1.0428+02 8.1478+01 4.9788+01 3.0428+01 1.4538+01 00 

rn 

pu240 2.4188+01 2.4258+01 2 .4328+01 2.4398+01 2.4518+01 2.4798+01 2.519:B+Ol 2.5458+01 2.5748+01 2.5848+01 2.585E+01 

pu239 1.1118+01 1.1308+01 1.1308+01 1.1308+01 1.1298+01 1.1298+01 1.1298+01 1.1298+01 l.129E+Ol 1.1288+01 l.127E+Ol 

arn243 2.9348+00 2.936E+OO 2.936E+OO 2.9368+00 2.935E+OO 2.9348+00 2.931E+OO 2.928E+OO 2.923E+OO 2.917:B+OO 2.909E+OO 

eu154 1.506E+02 1. 3898+02 1.2818+02 l.182E+02 l.006E+02 6.7198+01 2.998:B+Ol 1.3388+01 2.664E+OO 5.304:B-01 4.713E-02 

kr85 2.4538+01 2.300E+Ol 2.1568+01 2.021E+01 1. 776E+Ol 1.2858+01 6.731E+OO 3.526E+OO 9.674E-Ol 2.654E-Ol 3.815E-02 

cm243 2.7788+00 2.7118+00 2.646E+OO 2.5828+00 2.4608+00 2.178E+OO 1. 708E+OO 1.339:B+OO 8,2338-01 5.0628-01 2,4408-01 00 

0 pu241 6.113E+OO 5.8258+00 5.5508+00 5.2888+00 4.8018+00 3.771E+OO 2.3268+00 1.4358+00 5.4618-01 2.0788-01 4.884E-02 

cm242 4.0268+03 8.5588+02 1.8148+02 3.8748+01 2.191E+OO 4.6918-01 4.4588-01 4.2448-01 3.8468-01 3.486E-01 3.0088-01 

np239 5.5008+04 2.3068-01 2.3068-01 2.3068-01 2. 3068-01 2.305E-01 2.3028-01 2.3008-01 2.2968-01 2.2928-01 2.2858-01 

co60 7.855E+Ol 6.8878+01 6.0388+01 5.294E+01 4.0698+01 2.1088+01 5.6578+00 1.5188+00 1.093E-01 7.8728-03 1.5218-04 

csl34 4.215E+03 3.0128+03 2 .1528+03 1. 537E+03 7.8488+02 1.4618+02 5.0678+00 1.757E-01 2.112E-04 2.5388-07 1. 058E-11 

sb125 4.2668+01 3.3228+01 2.577E+01 1.9998+01 1. 2038+01 3.380E+OO 2.668E-01 2.105E-02 1.3118-04 8.1698-07 4.0168-10 

pm147 6.7238+01 5. 3 628+01 4.117E+Ol 3.1618+01 1.8648+01 4. 9728+00 3.5408-01 2.520E-02 1.278E-04 6.476E-07 2.337E-10 

rh106 8.916E+03 4.129E+03 2.089E+03 l.057E+03 2.7068+02 8.9738+00 9.869B-03 1.0858-05 1.312E-11 l.587E-17 0.0008+00 

pr144 9.111E+03 3. 7188+03 1.529B+03 6.288E+02 1.064E+02 1.251B+OO 1. 7328-04 2.3978-08 4.5908-16 O.OOOB+OO 0.0008+00 

ru106 5.062E+Ol 2.561E+Ol 1. 2968+01 6.5578+00 1.679E+OO 5.5668-02 6.1218-05 6.7328-08 8.1418-14 9.844B-20 1.3098-28 

agllOm 1. 7478+02 6.3388+01 2.300E+01 8.3458+00 1.0998+00 6.914E-03 2.7378-07 1. 0838-11 1.6978-20 0.0008+00 0.0008+00 

ce144 8.062E+02 3.3158+02 1.3648+02 5.6088+01 9.484E+OO 1.1168-01 1. 5448-05 2.137E-09 4.0938-17 7.8408-25 O.OOOE+OO 

total 2.119E+06 1.6258+04 9.584E+03 6.6768+03 4 .3288+03 2.9238+03 2.2068+03 1.7908+03 1.2388+03 9.027E+02 6.160E+02 

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Appendix A Computer Code Input and Output Listings 

Listing A.11 Example of OPUS input for dose rankings 

$HOME/nrc/ranking/pwr/opus_tn24_total_pwr4e_60g.in 

this case begins with the concentrations in position 5 of ft71f001 

which has 12 positions. position 1 has the end of irradiation 

concentrations from the sas2 case. position 2 has the concentrations 

from the end of the sas2 decay case (zero length). positions 

3 through 12 are from the origen-s case run separately. 

=shell 

ln -s /home/2ul/bin/opus opus 

cp $RTNDIR/pwr4e_60g.ft71f001 ft71f001 

end 

=opus 

default=no 

units=gatom 

timeunit=year 

typarms=nucl 

nrank=21 

tmin=99 

tmax=l0l 

libtyp=all 

'source position 5/6/8/12 = (3/5/20/100 years) 

npos=5 6 8 12 end 

title=pwr spent fuel - tn24p cask 

xlabel=cooling time (years) 

dbug=no 

symnuc= ag-ll0m am-241 ba-137m cf-252 cm-242 cm-244 

cm-246 cm-248 co-60 cs-134 eu-152 eu-154 

nb-94 pr-144 pu-238 pu-239 pu-240 pu-242 

rh-106 u-238 y-90 end 

response= 

270600 1.94259E-01 

822100 5.25375E-13 

832101 9.61070E-10 

882260 1. 53387E-06 

882280 0.00000E+00 

892270 1.69048E-06 

902280 2.09268E-03 

902290 3. 72571E-07 

902300 3.00311E-08 

902320 7. 66638E-14 

912310 8.96271E-08 

922320 5.34966E-0S 

922330 1. 60745E-08 

922340 9.92199E-09 

922350 2.56493E-12 

922360 9.15256E-11 

922380 3.81300E-11 

932350 3.78970E-08 

9323 60 4.38647E-13 

932370 1. 07664E-09 

942360 1. 82302E-03 

942370 1.35276E-06 

942380 S.47615E-05 

942390 1. 3 6725E-07 

942400 3.41827E-06 

942420 4.90282E-06 

942440 5.36144E-06 

952410 9.64205E-06 

952421 5.66585E-07 

952430 4. 94377E-07 

962410 6.18662E-04 

962420 7.09660E-02 

962430 1.88070E-04 

962440 3.22196E-02 

962450 5.85597E-07 

962460 2.57231E-02 

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962470 1.82676E-10 

962480 1.19614E-01 

962500 1.81793E+Ol 

982490 2.32673E-05 

982500 3.25167E+Ol 

982510 5.76646E-06 

982520 6.88558E+03 

982540 3.66252E+06 

992540 9.24555E-03 

992550 2.43050E+02 

290670 1.52006E-06 

300690 6.49474E-03 

300691 1. 33177E-Ol 

300710 7.94277E+02 

300711 1. 76353B-01 

360850 1.10008B-07 

380871 4.69315B-03 

390891 6.42057B+04 

390900 2.03180E-01 

390901 5.79942E-13 

390910 5.63071E-03 

410931 O.OOOOOE+OO 

410940 1. 75813E-06 

400950 2.62999B-02 

410950 4.99094B-02 

410951 2.30020B-07 

430980 2.11386B-09 

441030 4.12748B-03 

451031 O.OOOOOB+OO 

451060 5.66393B+04 

451061 4.22436B+03 

471081 6.12461B-05 

481090 O.OOOOOB+OO 

471101 8.81071B-01 

481131 4.72834E-10 

491141 1. 53620E-03 

481151 2.13727E-02 

501191 O.OOOOOB+OO 

501230 4.54650B-03 

521230 O.OOOOOB+OO 

521231 1.40786B-17 

511240 1. 66303B+Ol 

511250 4.21292B-04 

521251 6.72294B-20 

501260 4.08677B-17 

511260 1.08200E+OO 

511261 4.98629B+02 

521271 4.45711E-08 

541270 8.57585B-06 

521291 3.83956B-03 

531290 4.05650E-30 

561330 1. 27031E-07 

551340 3.03953E-02 

5613 51 4.86599E-07 

561371 7.64905E+02 

571380 1. 54096E-14 

581390 l.21477E-17 

581410 2.00932E-08 

591420 2.46229E+Ol 

581440 4.29357E-13 

591440 3.23616E+03 

591441 1.47287E+OO 

611450 5.87808E-18 

621450 7.43073E-09 

611460 3.17862E-04 

611470 1.20024E-15 

611481 5.16083E-01 

621510 O.OOOOOE+OO 

631520 2.67835E-02 

641530 1.14169E-18 

631540 2.15569E-02 

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631550 7.56315E-16 

651600 5.38109E-01 

661660 4.40653E-09 

671661 3.91505E-05 

681690 1.36797E-10 

701690 4.70836E-06 

691700 2.31590E-06 

681710 6.65187E-01 

691710 6.88323E-30 

681720 2.83019E-09 

end 

save plot data file 

=shell 

end 

cp _plot000 $RTNDIR/_plot_tn24_total_pwr4e_60g 

end 

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Computer Code Input and Output Listings 
Listing A.12 Example of OPUS nuclide importance listing output for dose rankings 

pwr spent fuel - tn24p cask 

cooling time (years) 

arbitrary user input response 

nuclide 

4 22 

3.000E+OO 5.000E+OO 2.000E+Ol 1.000E+02 

cm244 2.694E-02 2.495E-02 1.405E-02 6.561E-04 

cm246 2.997E-04 2.996E-04 2.990E-04 2.955E-04 

bal37m 1. 750E-03 1.671E-03 1.181E-03 1.860E-04 

am241 1.307E-05 1. 909E-05 4.912E-05 6.900E-05 

pu238 1.185E-04 1.167E-04 1.037E-04 5.516B-05 

pu240 4.573E-05 4.593E-05 4.702E-05 4.803B-05 

y90 4.736E-04 4.SOSE-04 3.116E-04 4. 345E-05 

pu242 2.678E-05 2.678E-05 2.678E-05 2.678E-05 

cm248 6. 773E-06 6.777E-06 6.782E-06 6. 781B-06 

pu239 3.471E-06 3.471E-06 3.470E-06 3.464B-06 

eu154 5.901E-03 5.021E-03 1. 497E-03 2.353E-06 

cm242 8.756E-05 4.996E-06 1. 049E-06 7.0SOB-07 

00 u238 1.464E-07 1.464E-07 1. 464E-07 1.464E-07 

.i:-. co60 2. 914E-02 2.240E-02 3.113E-03 8.374E-08 

eu152 7.557E-06 6.SlOE-06 3.121E-06 4.867B-08 

nb94 1. 655E-11 1.655E-11 1. 654E-11 1. 650B-11 

cf252 5.554E-04 3.289E-04 6.452E-06 5.060E-15 

cs134 2.261E-02 1.154E-02 7.451E-05 1. SSSE-16 

rh106 1. 663E-02 4.256E-03 1.552E-07 3.319E-31 

pr144 2.516E-02 4.255E-03 6.928E-09 1. 360E-41 

agllOm 7.617E-04 1.003E-04 2.498E-11 O.OOOE+OO 

total 1.305E-01 7.552E-02 2.078E-02 1.395E-03 
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Nuclide Importance to Criticality Safety, Decay Heating, and Source Tenns 

Related to Transport and Interim Storage of High-Bumup LWR Fuel 

5. AUTHOR($) 

1.C. Gauld, J.C. Ryman 

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ORNL/TM-2000/284 

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11 . ABSTRACT /200 words or less) 

This report investigated trends in the radiological decay properties and changes in relative nuclide importance associated with 

increasing enrichments and bumup for spent LWR fuel as they affect the areas of criticality safety, thennal analysis {decay 

heat), and shielding analysis of spent fuel transport and storage casks. To facilitate identifying the changes in the spent fuel 

compositions that most directly impact these application areas, the dominant nuclides in each area have been identified and 

ranked by importance. The importance is investigated as a function of increasing bumup to assist in identifying the key changes 

in spent fuel characteristics between contentional- and extended-burnup regimes. Studies involving both pressurized-water 

reactor (PWR) fuel assemblies and boiling-water-reactor (BWR) assemblies are included. This information is seen to be an 

essential step in identifying the high-bumup spent fuel characteristics that may adversely affect the accuracy of current 

computational methods and data, assess the potential impact on previous guidance on isotopic source tenns and decay-heat 

values, and thus help identify areas for methods and data improvement. Finally, several recommendations on the direction of 

possible future code validation efforts for high-bumup spent fuel predictions are presented. 

12. KEY WORDS/DESCRIPTORS (Ust words or phrases that wrV assist researchers in localing the report.) 

high bumup LWR fuel, spent fuel transport and storage systems, calculation of spent 

fuel inventories, decay heat, and radiation source tenns for cask shielding 

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