shielding and criticality safety analyses for spent fuel transportation cask in tehran research reactor

Authors

اصغر محمدی

دانشگاه آزاد واحد علوم و تحقیقات، تهران، تهران، ایران مصطفی حسن زاده

پژوهشکده راکتور، سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران، تهران ، تهران ، ایران مرتضی قریب

دانشگاه آزاد واحد علوم و تحقیقات، تهران، تهران، ایران علی مالکی فارسانی

سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران ، شرکت پسمانداری صنعت هسته ای ایران، تهران، ایران

abstract

in this research, shielding and criticality safety calculations carried out for interim storage and transportation cask in the tehran research reactor. such dual purpose cask is being designed to the spent fuel elements of research reactors. the monte carlo mcnp5 code calculation was utilized for the criticality safety analysis and origen2.1code was used for shielding calculation. according to the results, a cylinder of lead body with thickness, top and bottom, 18, 13 and 13 cm respectively, as cask dual meet the design criteria that can be accepted.

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