Journal of Mechanical Engineering (Nov 2019)

CFD Analysis of Dry Cask Nuclear Fuel Storage

  • Kutiš Vladimír,
  • Gálik Gabriel,
  • Paulech Jauraj,
  • Murín Justín,
  • Goga Vladimír

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0032
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 69, no. 3
pp. 75 – 80

Abstract

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The article describes the thermo-hydraulic analysis of a dry cask storage building that is used for the storage of depleted nuclear fuel to determine the viability of a buoyancy driven cooling system. The analysis is performed in the form of steady-state CFD simulations. The resulting temperature distributions are them evaluated based on required operation criteria.

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