Advances in applications of burnup credit to enhance spent fuel transportation, storage, reprocessing and disposition : proceedings of a technical meeting held in London, 29 August- 2 September 2005.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vienna : International Atomic Energy Agency, [2007]
Series:IAEA-TECDOC ; 1547.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Overview of topical presentations
  • 3. Overview on the burnup credit efforts by country
  • 4. Group discussions
  • International activities (sess. 1)
  • Technical topics (sess. 2): Principles of choosing the calculation methodology with respect to the fuel design and the fuel management system
  • Nuclear data and validation of depletion and reactivity calculations
  • Criticality safety criteria
  • Procedural compliance with the safety criteria
  • Benefits of burn-up credit applications
  • Regulatory aspects in burnup credit.