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Bei der Auswahl eines Standortes für ein Endlager für hochradioaktive Abfälle (Wärme entwickelnde radioaktive Abfälle und ausgediente Brennelemente) in Deutschland werden auf Grundlage des Standortauswahlgesetzes von 2017 die drei potenziellen Wirtsgesteine Steinsalz, Tonstein und Kristallingestein in Betracht gezogen. Die Auswahl eines konkreten Endlagerstandortes steht dabei in engem Zusammenhang mit den für die jeweiligen Wirtsgesteine geeignet erscheinender Endlagersystemen. Zentraler Bestandteil dieser Endlagersysteme sind die Endlagerbehälter, deren Gestaltung und Auslegung maßgeblich die Randbedingungen für die Transport- und Einlagerungstechnik vorgibt und zudem die Nachweise zur Betriebs- und Langzeitsicherheit entscheidend prägt. Daher ist es für die Behälterentwicklung erforderlich, die an Endlagerbehälter zu stellenden Anforderungen systematisch herzuleiten. Auf dieser Grundlage können anforderungsgerechte Endlagerbehälter zielgerichtet für die jeweils zu untersuchenden Endlagerstandorte in unterschiedlichen Wirtsgesteinen entwickelt werden.
Dieser Beitrag fasst die wesentlichen Ergebnisse des von BAM und BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH im Zeitraum 2017 bis 2020 bearbeiteten und vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) geförderten Forschungsvorhabens KoBrA zusammen, die in einem Abschlussbericht und vier zugehörigen Teilberichten umfassend dokumentiert sind.
The presentation explains recent administrative developments in Germany concerning nuclear waste management and adresses national and European R&D funding concepts. National and international collaboration is explained followed by the latest update on long term metal seal investigations at BAM. Finally, fuel cladding failure mechanisms during long term dry storage and related R&D initiatives at BAM are explained.
Im Forschungsvorhaben KoBrA werden Anforderungen an Endlagerbehälter für hochradioaktive Abfälle erstmals systematisch und unter Berücksichtigung des internationalen Standes von Wissenschaft und Technik hergeleitet. Parallel werden die behälterrelevanten Randbedingungen und Beanspruchungsgrößen für Endlagerbehälter in den drei potenziellen Wirtsgesteinen Steinsalz, Tonstein und Kristallingestein ermittelt. Darauf aufbauend werden die zur Erfüllung der Anforderungen unter den gegebenen Einwirkungen und Beanspruchungen notwendigen Behälterfunktionen bestimmt und erste Konzeptideen für zukünftige Endlagerbehälter diskutiert bzw. entwickelt.
The German nuclear waste management strategy consists of dry interim storage of spent fuel inside dual purpose casks and its subsequent direct final disposal in a deep geological repository. Interim storage is limited to 40 years so far, but will have to be extended until repository site selection and operation is concluded, potentially up to 100 years. In this context, research on the long term performance of safety relevant cask components and fuel rod integrity during such extended periods of time is of outmost importance. The barrier function of the fuel cladding depends on its integrity under operational and accidental conditions along with storage and subsequent transportation and is mainly affected over time by altering of the cladding microstructure and by thermo-mechanical conditions during reactor operation and subsequent wet and dry storage.
This paper focuses on failure mechanisms regarding cladding embrittlement caused by physical phenomena concerning hydrogen dissolution and precipitation of hydrides in the zirconium matrix. Within this context, potential cladding integrity issues under extended interim storage conditions followed by transportation are emphasized.
Delayed hydride cracking (DHC) is a well-known time-dependent temperature-activated phenomenon failure mechanism of the fuel cladding during reactor operation. The phenomenon consists of hydrogen diffusion and hydride precipitation at the tip of an initial crack and the propagation of the crack to an approximate distance equal to the length of the hydride. This failure mechanism is temperature-activated phenomenon and enhances along with thermal cycling of the fuel cladding, e. g. during reactor shutdowns. DHC shows limited relevance under quasi static storage conditions with continuously lowering temperatures. However, the literature points that DHC may occur when the temperature during storage decreases to a certain level after some decades and in combination with stress concentrations in the cladding material.
When spent fuel is transferred to dry storage by vacuum drying, the cladding temperature raises up to peak temperatures of ~370°C. Under these conditions, hydrides dissolute into the zirconium matrix up to the solubility limit defined by the peak temperature and this amount of hydrogen can precipitate in a radial re-oriented fashion due to the temperature decrease during storage. Cladding materials with radially precipitated hydrides show significant embrittlement. Radially oriented hydrides are perpendicularly oriented to hoop stresses representing the most critical configuration. Brittle failure of the cladding then occurs by crack propagation through radially oriented hydrides and finally through the zirconium matrix. The susceptibility to radial hydride precipitation depends on cladding material type and microstructure, hydrogen content, pre-drying hydride distribution, irradiation conditions, and temperature and stress histories during drying and storage operations.
This paper addresses major considerations concerning spent fuel cladding embrittlement due to hydride precipitation with regard to the boundary conditions of dry spent fuel storage in Germany. Analytical, numerical, and experimental approaches are to be discussed by BAM in order to identify the specific needs for future R&D work in that area with the purpose to provide the necessary data base for proper safety demonstration and evaluation along with future extended storage licensing procedures.
With the clear expectation of the need for extending spent fuel storage in Germany beyond the initial license period of maximum 40 years additional material data and knowledge about the long term performance and integrity of casks and internals like fuel rods will be required to meet major safety goals and regulatory requirements.
Based on a broad knowledge base about fuel cladding behavior, degradation mechanisms and related potential failure mechanisms, e. g. induced by reoriented Hydride precipitation, as illustrated in this paper, a specific gap analyses for the German situation regarding fuel conditions and cladding materials should identify the specific knowledge gaps to be addressed and closed in the near future. This is of specific interest as all spent fuel assemblies are going to be transferred to dry cask storage with the next decade and as a consequence of the German nuclear phase-out decision.
Within several decades, BAM as a Federal materials research institute gathered a broad range of expertise in the safety evaluation of materials, components and casks under operational and accidental thermal and mechanical conditions. This paper elucidates selected Basic considerations regarding technical and scientific knowledge about the long term aging performance and potential failure mechanisms of fuel cladding materials.
Under consideration of the national R&D funding policy which has been adapted to the extended interim storage or pre-disposal needs and the competences of BAM, its future R&D strategy is explained and some R&D objectives have already been identified. BAM will continue and expand ist engagement in the area of investigating fuel cladding material behavior in the long term and developing validated simulation and analyses tools in collaboration with national and international partners. R&D outcomes shall improve the knowledge-base to close identified knowledge gaps in the area of demonstrating fuel cladding integrity and to provide crucial information with regard to future safety assessments for the extended interim spent fuel storage.
This lecture shows an overview of cross-cutting topics whithin the dynamic sector of hydrogen technologies including European and other international strategies, legal and policy frameworks, networks and relevant stakeholders, research and demo-projects, regulations, codes & Standards as well as initiatives and associations concerning hydrogen safety and education.
The German nuclear waste management strategy consists of dry interim storage of spent fuel inside dual purpose casks and its subsequent direct final disposal in a deep geological repository. Interim storage is limited to 40 years so far, but will have to be extended until repository site selection and operation is concluded, potentially up to 100 years. In this context, research on the long term performance of safety relevant cask components and fuel rod integrity during such extended periods of time is of outmost importance. The barrier function of the fuel cladding depends on its integrity under operational and accidental conditions along with storage and subsequent transportation and is mainly affected over time by altering of the cladding microstructure and by thermo-mechanical conditions during reactor operation and subsequent wet and dry storage.
This paper focuses on failure mechanisms regarding cladding embrittlement caused by physical phenomena concerning hydrogen dissolution and precipitation of hydrides in the zirconium matrix. Within this context, potential cladding integrity issues under extended interim storage conditions followed by transportation are emphasized.
Delayed hydride cracking (DHC) is a well-known time-dependent temperature-activated phenomenon failure mechanism of the fuel cladding during reactor operation. The phenomenon consists of hydrogen diffusion and hydride precipitation at the tip of an initial crack and the propagation of the crack to an approximate distance equal to the length of the hydride. This failure mechanism is temperature-activated phenomenon and enhances along with thermal cycling of the fuel cladding, e. g. during reactor shutdowns. DHC shows limited relevance under quasi static storage conditions with continuously lowering temperatures. However, the literature points that DHC may occur when the temperature during storage decreases to a certain level after some decades and in combination with stress concentrations in the cladding material.
When spent fuel is transferred to dry storage by vacuum drying, the cladding temperature raises up to peak temperatures of ~370°C. Under these conditions, hydrides dissolute into the zirconium matrix up to the solubility limit defined by the peak temperature and this amount of hydrogen can precipitate in a radial re-oriented fashion due to the temperature decrease during storage. Cladding materials with radially precipitated hydrides show significant embrittlement. Radially oriented hydrides are perpendicularly oriented to hoop stresses representing the most critical configuration. Brittle failure of the cladding then occurs by crack propagation through radially oriented hydrides and finally through the zirconium matrix. The susceptibility to radial hydride precipitation depends on cladding material type and microstructure, hydrogen content, pre-drying hydride distribution, irradiation conditions, and temperature and stress histories during drying and storage operations.
This paper addresses major considerations concerning spent fuel cladding embrittlement due to hydride precipitation with regard to the boundary conditions of dry spent fuel storage in Germany. Analytical, numerical, and experimental approaches are to be discussed by BAM in order to identify the specific needs for future R&D work in that area with the purpose to provide the necessary data base for proper safety demonstration and evaluation along with future extended storage licensing procedures.
The current German waste management strategy consists of dry interim storage of spent fuel inside dual purpose casks at various sites and its subsequent direct final disposal in a deep geological repository. Interim facilities are licensed for up to 40 years of operation but this storing period will have to be extended until repository site selection and operation is concluded, potentially up to 100 years. In this context, research on long term mechanical behavior of fuel cladding and cask components during extended interim storage and transportation to a final repository are of outmost importance.
Barrier properties of the fuel cladding depend on its integrity which is affected over time by thermo-mechanical loads and by microstructure altering including potential embrittlement caused by re-oriented hydride precipitation. Experimental and numerical investigations have been performed by the international research community in order to predict the degree of cladding embrittlement against storage time. Results have shown that embrittlement of cladding materials is governed by the concentration, orientation and size of precipitated hydrides. Nevertheless, the existing variety of fuel materials and assemblies available on the market and the many parameters effecting hydride precipitation do not allow sufficient reliable safety predictions in the long term without further investigation.
Thus, knowledge on cladding integrity over storage time and during subsequent transportation is to be gained taking into consideration the relevant fuel and cladding material types as well as cladding temperatures along with peak values during cask drying and cooling rates during storage periods. Expected research results will increase the accuracy of cladding safety analysis. This paper summarizes the current German status regarding extended interim storage and how BAM is going to identify and address potential cladding integrity issues in the long term.
The presentation explains the requirements, process and challenges of the container design testing procedures for the Konrad repository, where low and intermediate level radioactive waste is planned to be disposed of beginnung end of 2022. BAM performs container design testing for more than 30 years whether analytically or experimentally. The challenges of the complex Konrad requirements concerning their proper interpretation and application is discussed in this presentation.