Research Article

A Methodology for Optimizing the Management of Spent Fuel of Nuclear Power Plants Using Dry Storage Casks

Table 1

Activity and mass of Cesium-137 in the spent fuel per MTU (adapted from [10]).

Cesium-137 - PWR-3 (47 GWd/MTU)
Initial Cooling TimeActivity (Ci/MTU)Mass (g/MTU)

5 hours1.48E+051.71E+03
1 day1.48E+051.71E+03
90 days1.47E+051.70E+03
1 year1.45E+051.67E+03
5 years1.32E+051.52E+03
10 years1.18E+051.36E+03
50 years4.68E+045.39E+02
100 years1.48E+041.71E+02
200 years1.48E+031.71E+01