Higher enrichment of nuclear fuel along the manufacturing limit boron content in steel and aluminum alloys represents a significant challenge designing spent transport storage facilities. One possible solution for pools casks is burnup credit method that allows decreasing very high safety margins associated with fresh assumption An alternative based on placing neutron absorber material directly...

Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR), a 500 MWe, sodium cooled, fast breeder reactor is in advanced stage of construction at Kalpakkam, TamilNadu. The different types of subassemblies are handled with different fuel handling machines, inside and outside the reactor vessel. Spent subassembly Storage bay Transfer Machine (SSTM), is one such machine that handles spent fuel subassemblies, blankets...

The Cesium (Cs-137) isotopic concentration due to irradiation of TRIGA Fuel Elements FE(s) is calculated andmeasured at the Atominstitute (ATI) of ViennaUniversity of Technology (VUT). The Cs-137 isotope, as proved burn-up indicator, was applied to determine the burn-up of the TRIGAMark II research reactor FE. This article presents the calculations andmeasurements of the Cs-137 isotope and its ...