US Nuclear Used Fuel Strategy Conference November 21st – 22nd in Charlotte, NC at the OMNI Hotel, Charlotte City Centre, USA

US Nuclear Used Fuel Strategy Conference November 21^st – 22^nd in Charlotte, NC at the OMNI Hotel, Charlotte City Centre, USA

Are you familiar with the process and requirements to store and dispose of SNF for hundreds of years to come?

Bentonite and similar clays used to encase disposal vessels offer low permeability, expand when exposed to groundwater, and help to maintain a good seal. However, other physical processes – including heat generation and material swelling – can induce stress in the waste containment structure. Therefore it is critical that this process is fully understood in order to implement a safe long term strategy.

As a result, I wanted to share this paper from Dassault Systemes which explains how to use pressure fluid flow analysis simulations in order to validate a safe storage.

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Coupled Multiphysics Simulation of an Underground Nuclear Waste Disposal Site

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A number of different approaches in nuclear waste disposal are being researched, with the primary goal being the prevention of leakage. Burial designs can be assessed by analyzing the likely outcomes of potential failure modes using finite element analysis. The fully coupled temperature-displacement-pore pressure capability in Dassault Systèmes’ Abaqus can be used to perform such simulations.
Check out this paper that maps out the results from the testing and will enable you to:

• Understand how physical processes including, heat generation from residual radioactivity, heat transfer, and material swelling—can induce stress in the waste containment structure can impact on devoloping safe long-term disposal schemes

• Gain insight on the Abaqus Finite Element Analysis that was used to create a waste canister containing spent nuclear fuel located in a cylindrical cavity drilled deep in the bedrock

• Understand which variables were monitored in order to create an accurate axisymmetric model of the scenario to gain cutting edge insight on results from the tests

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Elizabeth Demestiha
Senior Project Manager
Nuclear Energy Insider
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