Open Access
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ND 2007
2007
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| Article Number | 237 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Fission applications | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ndata:07468 | |
| Published online | 17 June 2008 | |
International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology 2007
DOI: 10.1051/ndata:07468
1 Musashi Institute of Technology, 1-28-1 Tamazutsumi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan
2 Nuclear Data Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirane, Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
naoto_hagura@hotmail.com
Published online: 21 May 2008
© CEA 2008
DOI: 10.1051/ndata:07468
Systematic analysis of actinide decay heat focused on the mixed oxide fuel
N. Hagura1, T. Yoshida1 and T. Nakagawa21 Musashi Institute of Technology, 1-28-1 Tamazutsumi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan
2 Nuclear Data Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirane, Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
naoto_hagura@hotmail.com
Published online: 21 May 2008
Abstract
Radioactivity and decay power of spent MOX fuel are very crucial in term of storage or disposal. In this work, the uncertainty of actinide decay heat introduced by the uncertainty of nuclear data and the prediction accuracy of isotopic generation was studied. 100 year after discharge, for example, a 5% error on the decay heat will be introduced by a 20% uncertainty on the Pu-240 capture cross section through Am-241 production. We performed sensitivity analyses with covariance data in JENDL-3.3 of cross sections of notable nuclides on each energy group. As an example, standard deviation of the calculated actinide decay heat 100 year after discharge is evaluated to be 1.26% on a 1σ base.
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