OVERVIEW OF EPRI RESEARCH ON EVALUATION OF LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OF NEUTRON ABSORBER MATERIAL PERFORMANCE IN SPENT FUEL POOLS

摘要

Neutron absorber materials are used in spent fuelpool (SFP) storage racks to maintain criticality safetymargins. EPRI has several ongoing projects to evaluatethe long-term performance of neutron absorber materialsand monitoring approaches. In this paper, an overview ofongoing EPRI projects on neutron absorber materialperformance and monitoring for wet storage applicationsare presented.