Review

  • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology
  • Volume 12(4); 2014
  • Article

Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology 2014;12(4):299-314. Published online: Dec, 30, 2014

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DOI : dx.doi.org/10.7733/jnfcwt.2014.12.4.299

Structural Safety Analysis of Lifting Device for Spent Fuel Dual-purpose Metal Cask

  • Tae-Chul Moon ; Chang-Yeal Baeg ; Si-Tae Yun ; Byung-il Choi ; In-su Jung
Abstract

A lifting device is used to deal with transport cask for the transportation of spent fuels from nuclear power plants. This study performed theoretical analysis and numerical simulation to evaluate the structural integrity of the lifting device based on Nuclear Safety and Security Commission(NSSC) Notice No.2013-27 and US 10CFR Part 71 §71.45. The results of theoretical analysis showed that the maximum stresses of all components were below the allowable values. This result confirmed that the lifting device was structurally safe during operation.The results of finite element analysis also showed that it was evaluated to satisfy the design criteria bothyielding and ultimate condition. All components have been shown to ensure the structural safety due to sufficient safety margins. In other words, the safety factor was 3 or more for the yielding condition and was 5 or more for the ultimate condition.

Keywords

Spent fuel,Structural integrity,Lifting device,Transport cask