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

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:11.31em"/><col style="width:12.42em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Initial Cooling Time</td><td class="align_center">Activity per MTU (Ci/MTU)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">5 hours</td><td class="align_center">7.53E+07</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1 day</td><td class="align_center">5.61E+07</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">90 days</td><td class="align_center">7.79E+06</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1 year</td><td class="align_center">2.98E+06</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">5 years</td><td class="align_center">8.02E+05</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">10 years</td><td class="align_center">5.56E+05</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">50 years</td><td class="align_center">1.81E+05</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">100 years</td><td class="align_center">5.81E+04</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">200 years</td><td class="align_center">1.15E+04</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Activity for all the isotopes in the spent fuel (adapted from [<a href="/journals/stni/2019/4309545/#B17" target="_blank">10</a>]).</div>

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