EVALUATION OF THE YANKEE METHOD FOR CALCULATING URANIUM DEPLETION AND PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION IN EXPOSED FUEL

Year
1972
Author(s)
R. J. Cacciapoiiti - Yankee Atomic Electric Company
Abstract
In 1969 the fuel discharged from Yankee Cores V and VI was reprocessed at the chemical reprocessing center of Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) at West Valley, New York. Since that time, much has been written about the results of this reprocessed fuel, and comparisons have been made between the expected results and the measured input data. It is the intent of this report to present the method and assumptions used to obtain these expected results. In addition, a comparison between the calculated and measured input data will be given. Based on these comparisons, the calculational model will be evaluated.