Radiation Analysis of A SpentFuel Storage Cask

RADIATION ANALYSIS OF A
SPENT-FUEL STORAGE CASK

by
J.K. Shultis
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Kansas State University
Manhatta, Kansas 55606
published as
Report 290
ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

College of Engineering
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506
January 2000
Radiation Analysis of a Spect-Fuel
Storage Cask
by
J.K.Shultis
Dept. Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Summary
This report describes MCNP calculations of the neutron and gamma-ray doses rates arising from a
single Transnuclear spent-fuel storage cask holding 68 design-basis fuel assemblies (a TN-68 cask).
Calculations of radiation fields both near the cask and at distances up to 1000 m from the cask
are reported. These external dose rates are reported for both primary gamma rays (arising from
fission and activation products in the spend fuel and from activation products in the assembly end
fittings and plenum) and from neutrons emitted by the transuranic isotopes and (α, n) reactions in
the spent fuel.
Dose rates 4.5 inches from the cask surface and doses 1-m above grade out to 1000 m are
reported. For the far-field dose rates, the skyshine dose rate components are separated from the
total dose rates. In addition, secondary-photon dose rates are also reported both at the cask surface
and at large distances from the cask. Results, both with and without an earthen berm at 30 m
from the cask, are presented.
1 MCNP Modeling of the TN-68 Cask

1.1 Geometry Models
The MCNP [Br97] models of the TN-68 cask developed in this study are based on the SAS4 model
(Figs. 5.3-1 and 5.3-2) provided by Transnuclear [Ma98a]. The basic cask structure in shown in
Fig. 1.
An analog model of the TN-68 cask for the neutron dose calculations was used (i.e., each cask
component was modeled by a single MCNP cell). However, for the gamma-ray doses this analog
geometry model proved insufficient, and it was necessary to subdivide the iron cask body into
multiple cell sublayers with increasing photon importances for the outer layers in order to bias
photon transport to the outside of the cask. In particular, 10 sublayers for the cask body were
used, as shown in Fig. 2.
An important simplification in the MCNP model was to homogenize the fuel and holding basket
within the cask. This represents an enormous simplification since the detailed modeling of each
fuel pin and the basket structure would have produced an MCNP model with great geometric
complexity and one which would have run prohibitively slowly.
1.2 Material Compositions

The elemental and/or isotopic compositions of the various materials used in the TN-68 cask are
given in Table 1. The data for this table were provided by Transnuclear [MA98a], in part, by Table
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polypropylene
void shield
cask lid
top fitting
plenum & basket
resin/aluminum shield
active fuel
and basket
cask body
cask body
bottom fitting
cask body
Figure 1. The TN-68 cask showing the principal material components.
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air
void
polypropylene shield
top fitting
plenum & basket
resin/aluminum shield
fuel zone 10
fuel zone 9
fuel zone 8
Figure 2. The MCNP geometry model for the TN-68 cask in which the
iron wall, top and bottom of the cask are split into 10 sublayers.
5.3-1 for the SAS4 model. Material compositions for the air, soil, berm and concrete were taken
from the references indicated in Table 1.
1.3 Cask Source Terms

1.3.1 Gamma Photons
The gamma-ray source strengths were provided by Transnuclear [Ma98b]. To account for the
varying burnup along the length of the fuel assemblies, the active fuel zone in the MCNP was
divided into 10 separate axial zones. In addition to gamma radiation from the fuel, activation
gamma photons were emitted from the end fittings and the plenum.
The gamma-ray source spectra and source strengths for the TN-68 cask are tabulated in Tables 2
and 3. Although, the gamma source activity for the fittings/plenum is considerably less than that
for the fuel, the top fitting/plenum being closer to the cask top might be expected to contribute
more to the leakage dose than gammas from the fuel. To assess the relative importance of the
fitting/plenum and the fuel gamma rays, separate source models were used for these two gamma-
ray sources and near- and far-field dose calculations were run for each source region.
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Table 1. Composition of materials used in the MCNP models of the TN-68 cask. Shown are
the elemental (or nuclide) or atomic fraction (positive) or mass fraction (negative), wi of each
component. Values for TN-68 cask materials are derived from Table 5.3.1 “Materials Input for
SAS4 and SAS1 Model.”
Element & wi Element & wi Element & wi Element & wi Element & wi
Dry Air: ρ = 0.0012 g/cm3 [ANSI/ANS 6.4.3]

14 16
N -0.75519 O -0.23179 C -0.00014 Ar -0.01288
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Concrete: ρ = 2.32 g/cm [ANSI/ANS 6.4.3]
1 16 23 27
H -0.0056 O -0.4983 Na -0.0171 Mg -0.0024 Al -0.0456
Si -0.3158 S -0.0012 K -0.0192 Ca -0.0826 Fe -0.0122
Soil: ρ = 1.625 g/cm3 [Jacob, Prot. Dos., 14, 299, 1986]

1 12
H -0.021 C -0.016 K -0.013 Fe -0.011 Ca -0.041
27 16
Al -0.050 Si -0.271 O -0.577
Fuel-Basket Homogenized – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 3.231 g/cm3

238 235
U 0.00494 U 0.14291 Zr 0.09981 Ni 0.02423 Fe 0.18629
55 27 16
Mn 0.00545 Cr 0.05470 Al 0.18597 O 0.29570
Plenum/Basket – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 1.158 g/cm3

55 27
Fe 0.34907 Ni 0.04535 Mn 0.01021 Cr 0.10246 Al 0.31316
Zr 0.17975
Top Fitting – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 0.491 g/cm3

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Fe 0.50712 Ni 0.06595 Zr 0.26320 Mn 0.01483 Cr 0.14890
Bottom Fitting/Basket – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 1.918 g/cm3

55 27
Fe 0.48621 Ni 0.06329 Mn 0.01423 Cr 0.14285 Al 0.23378
Zr 0.05954
Basket Periphery (stainless steel): ρ = 7.92 g/cm3

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Fe 0.68826 Cr 0.20209 Ni 0.08952 Mn 0.02013
Periphery Shim/Rails – TN-68 Cask (aluminum): ρ = 2.702 g/cm3

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Al 1.00000
Cask Body – TN-68 Cask (carbon steel): ρ = 7.8212 g/cm3

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Fe 0.95510 C 0.04490
Polypropylene Disk – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 0.90 g/cm3

12 1
C 0.33480 H 0.66520
Resin/Aluminum – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 1.687 g/cm3

27 12 16 1 10
Al 0.10331 C 0.24658 O 0.21985 H 0.42207 B 0.00164
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B 0.00655
Berm (Silica + water): ρ = 1.400 g/cm3

16 1
Si 0.26524 O 0.59855 H 0.13621
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Table 2. Energy spectrum of gamma photons emitted by
the spent fuel and by the fittings/plenum. Source strengths
are the number of photons emitted per second per assembly.
Energy Energy range Number of Photons

Fraction
Group (MeV) (s−1 assembly−1 )
Spent Fuel:
36 1.33 to 1.66 4.826 × 1012 0.00422
37 1.00 to 1.33 3.321 × 1013 0.03273
38 0.80 to 1.00 3.321 × 1013 0.03549
39 0.60 to 0.80 3.321 × 1013 0.65402
40 0.40 to 0.60 3.321 × 1013 0.05790
41 0.30 to 0.40 3.321 × 1013 0.01359
42 0.20 to 0.30 3.321 × 1013 0.02211
43 0.10 to 0.20 3.321 × 1013 0.07902
44 0.05 to 0.10 3.321 × 1013 0.10092
Total 1.015 × 1014 1.00000
Top Fitting:
36 1.33 to 1.66 1.246 × 1012 0.77977
37 1.00 to 1.33 3.519 × 1011 0.22023
Total 1.598 × 1012 1.00000
Plenum:
36 1.33 to 1.66 7.534 × 1011 0.77976
37 1.00 to 1.33 2.128 × 1011 0.22024
Total 9.662 × 1011 1.00000
Bottom Fitting:
36 1.33 to 1.66 8.829 × 1011 0.77981
37 1.00 to 1.33 2.493 × 1011 0.22019
Total 1.132 × 1012 1.00000
Table 3. Axial distribution of the gamma-ray

source strength in the 10 fuel zones. Axial ranges
are with respect to the center of the fuel.
Fuel Axial Range Fraction of Total

Zone (cm) Fuel Photons
1 -182.88 to -163.49 0.02385
2 -163.49 to -123.62 0.09264
3 -123.62 to -61.82 0.19934
4 -61.82 to -30.91 0.10139
5 -30.91 to 0.00 0.10139
6 0.00 to 30.91 0.10139
7 30.91 to 61.82 0.09801
8 61.82 to 123.64 0.18251
9 123.64 to 157.27 0.07149
10 157.27 to 182.88 0.02799
Total 1.00000
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1.3.2 Neutrons
Transnuclear Inc. provided neutron source strengths and energy spectrum for a 7 × 7 assembly
with 40,000 MWd/Mt average burnup with a 10-year cooling time [Ma99]. The energy spectrum
of the neutrons emitted from the spent fuel are given in Table 4. The variation in burnup along
the axis of the fuel assembly is modeled by dividing the assembly into 12 axial zones. The fraction
of neutrons emitted by each axial zone is listed in Table 5.
Table 4. Energy spectrum of neutrons emitted by

the spent fuel and by the fittings/plenum. Source
strengths are the number of neutrons emitted per
second per assembly.
Energy range Number of Neutrons

Fraction
(MeV) (s−1 assembly−1 )
6.34 to 20.0 2.181 × 106 0.01843
3.00 to 6.43 2.484 × 107 0.20989
1.85 to 3.00 2.756 × 107 0.23295
1.40 to 1.85 1.550 × 107 0.13102
0.90 to 1.40 2.095 × 107 0.17702
0.40 to 0.90 2.283 × 107 0.19296
0.10 to 0.40 4.469 × 106 0.03777
Total 1.183 × 108 1.00000
Table 5. Axial distribution of the neutron

source strength in the 12 fuel zones. Axial ranges
are with respect to the center of the fuel.
Fuel Axial Range Fraction of Total

Zone (cm) Fuel Neutrons
1 -182.88 to -164.59 0.000092
2 -164.59 to -146.30 0.008536
3 -146.30 to -109.73 0.084512
4 -109.73 to -73.15 0.136909
5 -73.15 to -36.58 0.152967
6 -36.58 to 0.00 0.158037
7 0.00 to 36.58 0.156347
8 36.58 to 73.15 0.138600
9 73.15 to 109.73 0.107330
10 109.73 to 146.30 0.050961
11 146.30 to 164.59 0.005569
12 164.59 to 182.88 0.000140
Total 1.000000
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1.4 Dose Conversion Factors
The fluence-to-dose conversion factors incorporated into the MCNP TN-68 cask models were those
for the ambient dose equivalent (the dose equivalent at 10-cm depth in the ICRP spherical phantom
illuminated by a plane-parallel beam of radiation incident on the sphere) [IC87, Sh96]. These dose
conversion factors are listed in Table 6.
Table 6. Response functions (fluence-to-dose conversion factors) used in

the MCNP analyses. These factors yield the ambient dose equivalent at
10-cm depth inside the ICRU sphere (human-phantom approximation) for
the case of a plane parallel beam incident on the sphere.
Photon energy Response Function Neutron energy Response Function

(MeV) (10−12 Sv cm2 ) (MeV) (10−12 Sv cm2 )
0.01 0.0769 2.5 × 10−8 8.0

0.015 0.846 1.0 × 10−7 10.4
0.02 1.01 1.0 × 10−6 11.2
0.03 0.785 1.0 × 10−5 9.2
0.04 0.614 1.0 × 10−4 7.1
0.05 0.526 1.0 × 10−3 6.2
0.06 0.504 1.0 × 10−2 8.6
0.08 0.532 2.0 × 10−2 14.6
0.10 0.611 5.0 × 10−2 35.0
0.15 0.890 1.0 × 10−1 69.0
0.20 1.18 2.0 × 10−1 126
0.30 1.81 5.0 × 10−1 258
0.40 2.38 1.0 364
0.50 2.89 1.5 375
0.60 3.38 2.0 369
0.80 4.29 3.0 418
1.0 5.11 4.0 439
1.5 6.92 5.0 402
2.0 8.48 6.0 415
3.0 11.1 7.0 444
4.0 13.3 8.0 464
5.0 15.4 10.0 481
6.0 17.4 14.0 520
8.0 21.2 17.0 640
10.0 25.2 20.0 660
Source: ICRP [1987].
Since MCNP yields results normalized to one source particle, it is necessary to convert the
MCNP calculated dose D(Sv/particle) to an appropriate dose rate, here taken as D(mrem/h).
This is accomplished with
D(mrem/h) = D(Sv/particle) × Si (particles/s) × 105 (mrem/Sv) × 3600(s/h), (1)
where Si (particles/s) is the total particle emission rate from the ith source region when the cask is
fully loaded with 68 assemblies.
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1.4.1 Dose-Rate Conversion Factors for Primary Gamma Rays
From Table 2 the total number of gamma photons emitted by the fuel zones, per assembly, is
1.015 × 1015 s−1 . Thus, SγF = 1.015 × 1015 × 68 = 6.899 × 1016 photons/s. Finally, from Eq. (1)
one has
DγF (mrem/h) = 2.484 × 1025 × DγF (Sv/photon). (2)
Similarly, the total gamma source strength for the top and bottom end fittings and the plenum
region is SγX = 3.6963 × 1012 × 68 = 2.514 × 1014 photons/s, and the dose-rate conversion factor
becomes
DγX (mrem/h) = 9.049 × 1022 × DγX (Sv/photon). (3)
These dose-rate conversion factors can be incorporated into the MCNP model by using a tally
multiplier FM card.
1.4.2 Dose-Rate Conversion Factors for Neutrons and Secondary Photons
From Table 4 the total number of neutrons emitted by the fuel zones, per assembly, is 1.183 × 108
s−1 . Thus, Sn = 1.183 × 108 × 68 = 8.044 × 109 neutrons/s. Finally, from Eq. (1) one has
Dn (mrem/h) = 2.896 × 1018 × Dn (Sv/neutron). (4)
This result is also used to convert the MCNP-calculated doses for secondary photons.
2 Near-Field Gamma Dose Rates

The 10-sublayer TN-68 cask model of Fig. 2 was placed on a concrete pad and surround by a void.
A horizontal detector surface was placed 4.5 inches above the top protective cover and a cylindrical
detector surface was placed 4.5 inches outside the radial cask shield.1 These detector surfaces were
further subdivided into segments, and the F2 surface tally was used to obtain the dose averaged
over each surface segment.
The resulting dose rates are given in Tables 7 and 8 and shown schematically in Fig. 3. These
results were obtained with the MCNP input files GNFB2X.I and GNFB2F.I for the fuel photons and
for the fittings/plenum photons, respectively. It is interesting to note that most of the gamma
dose-rate escaping through the upper corner of the cask and through the cask top is due to photons
emitted by the plenum/top-fitting region. By contrast, along the radial shield, photons emitted by
the fuel are the dominant component of the leakage dose rate.
3 Far-Field Gamma Dose Rates

The 10-sublayer cask model of Fig. 2 was placed on a flat concrete pad which extended 10 m from
the cask axis. Beyond the concrete pad, “standard” soil was used for a continuation of the flat
ground surface. Dry air, of density 0.0013 g/cm3 , was used above the ground interface. To sweep
photons outwards, the air was subdivided into many radial cells with cell importances increasing
with increasing distance from the cask. Annular detector volumes of air, 2-m high and 0.5 or 1-m
thick, were placed on the ground interface at multiple distance ranging from 2 to 1000 m from
the cask axis. The MCNP F4 volume tally was used to obtain the dose in these air-phantom
representation of a human.
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The 4.5-inch distance represents the center of a 9-inch remball, which is often used for neutron surveys at
“contact.”
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Figure 3. The primary gamma dose rate at various positions around the
TN-68 cask at 4.5 inches from the cask surface.
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Table 7. Primary gamma-ray dose-equivalent rates as a function
of elevation at a distance of 4.5 inches from the TN-68 cask radial
surface.
Elevation
Fittings/Plenum Fuel Total Dose
from fuel
center (cm) (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error (mrem/h)
-209.59 49.2 0.0062 8.42 0.1032 57.6
-171.38 9.19 0.0076 21.3 0.0606 30.5
-120.00 0.645 0.0256 44.5 0.0310 49.2
-60.00 0.263 0.0448 53.8 0.0261 54.1
0.00 0.220 0.0567 49.6 0.0320 49.8
60.00 0.178 0.0761 48.0 0.0353 48.1
120.00 0.084 0.1011 22.9 0.0556 22.1
181.82 30.8 0.0047 29.4 0.0328 60.1
231.10 352. 0.0031 1.26 0.1213 352.
255.23 283. 0.0043 1.00 0.5234 284.
268.25 157. 0.0053 0.36 0.2971 157.
279.68 79.2 0.0073 0.83 0.4102 60.0
302.07 35.0 0.0084 1.1 0.6503 36.1
325.10 18.7 0.0148 0.2 0.7379 18.9
Table 8. Primary gamma-ray dose-equivalent rates along the TN-68

cask top (4.5 inches from the top surface).
Radial dist.
Fittings/Plenum Fuel Total Dose
from fuel
center (cm) (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error (mrem/h)
22.50 125.9 0.0071 0.81 0.2166 127.
67.11 82.82 0.0053 0.53 0.1753 83.4
95.81 44.87 0.0096 0.48 0.3538 45.4
113.43 22.50 0.0096 0.27 0.2915 22.8
130.18 17.38 0.0134 0.35 0.3490 17.7
To obtain the skyshine component of the far-field dose rate, two MCNP calculations were
performed: one using the above model to obtain the total (direct+groundshine+skyshine) dose
rate, Dt , as a function of distance from the cask, and a second using the same MCNP model, but
with the air above the elevation of the cask top replaced by a void. The doses obtained with this
second calculation eliminated the skyshine component, leaving only the direct plus groundshine,
Dd . Thus the differences between these two calculations yields an estimate of the skyshine dose.
The skyshine dose rate, Ds is then calculated as
Ds = (Dt − Dd ) ± rs . (5)
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The relative error or uncertainty rs is obtained by the standard propagation of errors as
s
rt2 Dt2 + rd2 Dd2
rs = , (6)
(Dt − Dd )2
with rt and rd the (1-sigma) relative error in the total and direct dose rates, respectively.
Near the cask, the direct component dominates and the two calculated values will be nearly
equal, yielding a skyshine estimate with relatively large uncertainties. At large distances from the
cask, however, the direct component is severely attenuated, and the total dose is dominated by the
skyshine component so that the difference between the two calculated values yields a very accurate
estimate of the skyshine field.
3.1 Cask without a Berm

Far-field calculations of the primary gamma-ray dose rates for the fuel and fittings/plenum gamma
source terms were performed separately. MCNP input files GFFAF.I and GFFAX.I were used to
determine the total dose rate (direct+groundshine+skyshine) for the fuel photons and for the
plenum/fittings photons, respectively. The corresponding direct plus groundshine doses were ob-
tained with the MCNP input files GFFAFO.I and GFFAX0.I. These fuel and plenum/fitting compo-
nents were then added to yield total gamma-ray dose rates using formulas analogous to Eqs. (5)
and (6). The resulting far-field dose rates and the derived skyshine dose rates are presented in
Table 9 and shown graphically in Figs. 4 and 5.
Table 9. Primary gamma-ray dose-equivalent rates as a function of the distance

from the TN-68 cask. Cask is on an infinite plane surface without any intervening
berm to block the direct component.
Distance
Total Dose Direct Dose Skyshine Dose
from cask
axis (m) (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error
2 0.27894E+02 0.0154 0.27383E+02 0.0151 0.51120E+00 1.1636
3 0.16293E+02 0.0160 0.15945E+02 0.0158 0.34753E+00 1.0425
5 0.86932E+01 0.0161 0.85376E+01 0.0157 0.15558E+00 1.2430
7 0.58398E+01 0.0152 0.57001E+01 0.0149 0.13968E+00 0.8809
10 0.37084E+01 0.0149 0.35992E+01 0.0145 0.10926E+00 0.6965
20 0.11798E+01 0.0167 0.11166E+01 0.0159 0.63200E−01 0.4186
30 0.53518E+00 0.0185 0.48342E+00 0.0175 0.51763E−01 0.2514
50 0.18492E+00 0.0225 0.15801E+00 0.0232 0.26906E−01 0.2062
70 0.84451E−01 0.0260 0.69342E−01 0.0293 0.15109E−01 0.1977
100 0.36452E−01 0.0305 0.27564E−01 0.0382 0.88879E−02 0.1721
150 0.11862E−01 0.0340 0.76926E−02 0.0493 0.41694E−02 0.1327
200 0.46494E−02 0.0301 0.25620E−02 0.0610 0.20874E−02 0.1005
300 0.11087E−02 0.0362 0.50049E−03 0.0824 0.60824E−03 0.0946
500 0.10372E−03 0.0385 0.36922E−04 0.1269 0.66799E−04 0.0922
700 0.13992E−04 0.0425 0.38309E−05 0.1571 0.10162E−04 0.0833
1000 0.90534E−06 0.0449 0.22654E−06 0.2054 0.67880E−06 0.0910
In Fig. 4 the total dose rate (direct+groundshine+skyshine) is shown together with its two
components, namely, the total dose produced by the fuel gamma-rays and by the fittings/plenum
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Figure 4. The total primary gamma-ray dose at 1-m above the ground
and the contribution made by the two source components.
Figure 5. The total, direct, and skyshine dose rates from primary gamma-
rays at 1-m above grade.
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gamma rays. It is observed that for a human phantom standing on the ground near the cask,
the gamma-rays emitted by the fuel are the major contributor to the total dose rate since the
leaking plenum/top-fitting, which have a greater intensity, are emitted primarily from the top
corner of the cask above the human. However, beyond about 10 m, the gamma-rays emitted by
the plenum/fittings become slightly more dominant.
In Fig. 5 total dose rate from primary gamma rays is shown along with the direct (including
groundshine) and derived skyshine dose rates. As expected, the skyshine component becomes
dominant at large distances from the cask and, beyond several hundred meters, comprises almost
all the dose rate.
3.2 Berm Around Cask

Calculations were performed with an 8-foot thick and 20-foot high berm placed around the TN-68
cask. The berm was centered 30 m from the cask axis. This berm was slightly taller than the cask
and thus collimated any skyshine radiation from the cask into an upward cone with a half angle of
between 88.8 degrees (for radiation emitted from the top of cask) to 78.5 degrees (from radiation
emitted by the bottom of the cask). The total and direct dose rates were performed with the MCNP
input files GFFBF.I and GFFBF0.I, respectively, for the fuel emitted photons and with GFFBX.I and
GFFBX0.I, respectively, for the fittings/plenum emitted photons. Results are presented in Table 10
and Fig. 6. No photon scores were observed beyond the berm, an indication of the effectiveness of
the berm in stopping all direct gamma radiation. Beyond the berm only skyshine contributes to
the dose rate.
In Fig. 6 the total and skyshine dose rates for a cask without a berm are also shown by the
dashed lines. It is seen that, beyond the berm, the total dose rate for a berm is slightly below but
parallel to the no-berm skyshine dose-rate profile. This slight depression is a result of the berm
collimating the escaping radiation from the cask into an upward conical beam with a full-angle
slightly less than the 2π geometry of the no-berm case. Also in front of the berm, the berm is seen
to act as a reflector, slightly enhancing the total dose rate over that for the no-berm case.
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Figure 6. The total primary gamma-ray dose rate (solid line and circles) at
1-m above the ground with a 20-foot berm present. Also shown by dashed
lines are the total and skyshine dose rates without a berm.
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Table 10. Primary gamma-ray dose-equivalent rates as a function of the distance
from the TN-68 cask. Cask is on an infinite plane surface with an 8-foot thick
intervening berm at 30 m from the cask axis.
Distance
Total Dose Direct Dose Skyshine Dose
from cask
axis (m) (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error
2 0.27910E+02 0.0156 0.27747E+02 0.0153 0.16287E+00 3.7345

3 0.16392E+02 0.0161 0.16227E+02 0.0162 0.16508E+00 2.2512
5 0.87644E+01 0.0163 0.87128E+01 0.0160 0.51640E−01 3.8686
7 0.58255E+01 0.0154 0.58142E+01 0.0152 0.11290E−01 11.134
10 0.36805E+01 0.0150 0.36924E+01 0.0152 -.11860E−01 6.6329
20 0.12165E+01 0.0160 0.11682E+01 0.0163 0.48342E−01 0.5620
50 0.14008E−01 0.0251 0.00000E+00 0.0000 0.14008E−01 0.0251
70 0.10856E−01 0.0244 0.00000E+00 0.0000 0.10856E−01 0.0244
100 0.65911E−02 0.0227 0.00000E+00 0.0000 0.65911E−02 0.0227
150 0.30272E−02 0.0199 0.00000E+00 0.0000 0.30272E−02 0.0199
200 0.14550E−02 0.0179 0.00000E+00 0.0000 0.14550E−02 0.0179
300 0.40583E−03 0.0233 0.00000E+00 0.0000 0.40583E−03 0.0233
500 0.44773E−04 0.0235 0.00000E+00 0.0000 0.44773E−04 0.0235
700 0.65538E−05 0.0279 0.00000E+00 0.0000 0.65538E−05 0.0279
1000 0.45735E−06 0.0216 0.00000E+00 0.0000 0.45735E−06 0.0216
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4 Near-Field Neutron Dose Rates
The analog model of Fig. 1 was used to estimate the neutron dose rates and the secondary-photon
dose rates 4.5-inches from the cask side and 4.5 inches above the cask top. These calculations
were performed with the MCNP input file NGNF2.I. Results are shown schematically in Fig. 7 and
tabulated in Tables 11 and 12.
Table 11. Neutron and secondary-photon dose-

equivalent rates as a function of elevation at a distance
of 4.5 inches from the TN-68 cask radial surface. Pho-
ton dose rates arise only from neutron interactions in the
cask; no production of photons in the surrounding air is
included.
Elevation
Neutrons Secondary Photons
from fuel
center (cm) (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error
-209.59 28.08 0.0180 0.534 0.0355
-171.38 5.885 0.0316 0.738 0.0239
-120.00 4.120 0.0305 1.499 0.0122
-60.00 5.367 0.0278 2.326 0.0102
0.00 5.286 0.0313 2.476 0.0099
60.00 4.702 0.0304 2.046 0.0104
120.00 1.551 0.0535 0.702 0.0160
181.82 3.018 0.0266 0.793 0.0143
231.10 15.98 0.0179 0.153 0.0458
255.23 13.14 0.0245 0.122 0.0999
268.25 10.46 0.0271 0.119 0.0764
279.68 7.577 0.0334 0.162 0.0735
302.07 4.512 0.0276 0.215 0.0346
325.10 2.788 0.0619 0.249 0.0542
Table 12. Neutron and secondary-photon dose-

equivalent rates along the TN-68 cask top (4.5 inches
from the top surface). Photon dose rates arise only from
neutron interactions in the cask; no production of pho-
tons in the surrounding air is included.
Radial dist.
Neutrons Secondary Photons
from fuel
center (cm) (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error
22.50 0.700 0.1072 1.133 0.0350
67.11 0.785 0.0578 0.748 0.0264
95.81 1.362 0.0652 0.488 0.0513
113.43 1.752 0.0419 0.334 0.0453
130.18 2.369 0.0518 0.233 0.0714
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Figure 7. The neutron and secondary-photon dose rate at various positions
around the TN-68 cask at 4.5 inches from the cask surface.
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5 Far-Field Neutron Dose Rates
The same MCNP model used for the far-field gamma-ray analysis was also used for the far-field
neutron calculations, except that the ten-layer cask model was replaced by the analog model of
Fig. 1. Since the iron is not nearly as effective at stopping neutrons, a simpler and more computa-
tionally efficient model was justified. The MCNP importances of the radial air cells were adjusted
to optimize the neutron population as it migrated away from the cask. No attempt was made to
develop separate importances for the secondary photons; rather, the same cell importances were
used for both neutrons and photons. Two far-field geometries were considered: a cask on a flat
infinite plane without any surround berm, and a cask with an 8-foot thick berm placed 30 m from
the cask axis.
5.1 Cask Without a Berm

The simulation of the TN-68 cask without a berm was performed with the MCNP input file
NGFFA1.I to produce both the total neutron dose (direct + groundshine + skyshine) as well as
the dose from secondary photons. No attempt was made to distinguish between secondary photons
produced in the cask materials and photons produced in the air and soil.
To extract the skyshine component of the neutron dose, calculations were made using the MCNP
file NFFA0.I in which the air above the cask was replaced by a void. The neutron doses obtained
from this simulation consist of only the direct plus groundshine components. Thus the difference
between this two sets of neutron doses yields the skyshine component. Errors for the skyshine
component were obtained in the same manner previously described for the gamma-ray skyshine
calculation.
The neutron and secondary photon dose rates obtained with MCNP are listed in Table 13 and
shown in Fig. 8. As expected, at large distances (greater than a few hundred meters), the total
neutron dose is dominated by the skyshine component.
Finally, in Fig. 9 the dose rates are shown for the primary gamma photons, the neutrons, and
the secondary photons. The primary gamma dose is seen to be about ten times larger than the
neutron dose.
5.2 Cask Surrounded by a Berm

The MCNP file NGFFB1.I was used to determine the neutron and secondary-photon dose rates out
to 1000 m. Results are presented in Table 14 and show in Figs. 10 and 11.
From Fig. 10 it is seen that the berm is very effective at stopping the direct plus groundshine
components. Outside the berm, the total neutron dose rate is entirely composed of skyshine
neutrons.
The secondary-photon dose rate, shown in Fig. 11, arises from neutron interactions both in the
cask and in the surrounding air. However, both inside and outside the berm, the secondary-photon
dose shown in this figure is dominated by the secondary photons created in the cask material. The
solid line before the berm is primarily due to the direct contribution of the secondary photons
produced in in the cask, while the solid line beyond the berm is a result of the skyshine of these
secondary photons. The contribution from the secondary photons produced in the air is minor,
representing, for example, only about 10% of the total secondary-photon skyshine dose at 50 m.
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Figure 8. The total, direct and skyshine components of the neutron am-
bient dose equivalent rate 1-m above the ground.
Figure 9. The three components of the total dose rate for the TN-68 cask
at 1-m above grade without a berm present.
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Figure 10. The total neutron ambient dose equivalent rate (solid line and
circles) 1-m above the ground when the cask is surrounded by a berm at
30 m. Shown by the dashed lines are the total and skyshine dose rates
without the berm.
Figure 11. The secondary-photon dose rate at 1-m above grade with a
berm present (solid line and circles) and without a berm (dashed line).
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Table 13. Neutron and secondary-photon dose-equivalent rates as a function of the distance from the
TN-68 cask. Cask is on an infinite plane surface without any intervening berm to block the direct
component.
Neutron Secondary photon

Distance
Total Dose Direct Dose Skyshine Dose Total
from cask
axis (m) (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error (mrem/h) error
2 4.09530E+00 0.0182 4.04755E+00 0.0187 0.47750E−01 1.5734 8.26774E−01 0.0114

3 2.19212E+00 0.0212 2.18145E+00 0.0223 0.10670E−01 4.3863 4.70071E−01 0.0118
5 9.86438E−01 0.0249 9.55247E−01 0.0252 0.31191E−01 0.7928 2.04857E−01 0.0139
7 5.76745E−01 0.0280 5.61649E−01 0.0279 0.15096E−01 1.0760 1.11779E−01 0.0156
10 3.02998E−01 0.0274 2.95224E−01 0.0337 0.77740E−02 1.0768 5.63312E−02 0.0190
20 8.16933E−02 0.0349 7.23196E−02 0.0411 0.93737E−02 0.3067 1.40715E−02 0.0262
50 1.23560E−02 0.0459 7.55002E−03 0.0733 0.48060E−02 0.1192 2.01831E−03 0.0396
70 5.71711E−03 0.0484 2.86614E−03 0.0998 0.28510E−02 0.0985 9.97975E−04 0.0473
100 2.47995E−03 0.0518 9.62159E−04 0.1442 0.15178E−02 0.0862 4.54840E−04 0.0542
150 7.53934E−04 0.0460 2.14173E−04 0.1914 0.53976E−03 0.0674 1.57295E−04 0.0701
200 3.05704E−04 0.0494 5.46354E−05 0.1854 0.25107E−03 0.0639 6.88059E−05 0.0788
300 6.76530E−05 0.0620 6.06175E−06 0.2858 0.61591E−04 0.0771 2.22423E−05 0.0998
500 5.35991E−06 0.0921 1.71597E−07 0.4562 0.51883E−05 0.1375 3.83293E−06 0.1344
700 6.99944E−07 0.0956 3.36815E−08 0.9639 0.66626E−06 0.2600 1.01962E−06 0.1567
1000 5.90845E−08 0.0926 8.55682E−11 0.9579 0.58999E−07 0.6692 2.11132E−07 0.1852
Table 14. Neutron and secondary-photon dose-equivalent rates as a function of the distance
from the TN-68 cask. Cask is on an infinite plane surface with a berm 30 m from the cask to
block any direct component.
Distance
Total Neutron Secondary Photon
from cask
axis (m) (Sv/neutron) (mrem/h) error (Sv/neutron) (mrem/h) error
2 1.42424E−18 4.12459E+00 0.0183 2.87054E−19 8.31308E−01 0.0114

3 7.56246E−19 2.19009E+00 0.0212 1.62506E−19 4.70618E−01 0.0118
5 3.40826E−19 9.87031E−01 0.0254 7.08414E−20 2.05157E−01 0.0139
7 1.99381E−19 5.77409E−01 0.0281 3.88145E−20 1.12407E−01 0.0156
10 1.06075E−19 3.07193E−01 0.0271 1.95559E−20 5.66340E−02 0.0189
20 2.98470E−20 8.64368E−02 0.0328 5.08237E−21 1.47186E−02 0.0251
50 1.48908E−21 4.31238E−03 0.0406 9.66106E−23 2.79784E−04 0.0496
70 9.66380E−22 2.79864E−03 0.0458 6.39033E−23 1.85064E−04 0.0454
100 4.96766E−22 1.43864E−03 0.0460 3.75457E−23 1.08732E−04 0.0442
150 1.78189E−22 5.16035E−04 0.0442 1.37832E−23 3.99161E−05 0.0405
200 7.67425E−23 2.22246E−04 0.0512 6.92113E−24 2.00436E−05 0.0380
300 1.73160E−23 5.01471E−05 0.0679 2.18710E−24 6.33385E−06 0.0558
500 1.48187E−24 4.29151E−06 0.0843 3.43965E−25 9.96123E−07 0.0682
700 2.03419E−25 5.89102E−07 0.1036 7.60892E−26 2.20354E−07 0.0657
1000 1.58511E−26 4.59047E−08 0.1063 2.14833E−26 6.22155E−08 0.3076
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Briesmeister, J.F., Ed., MCNP–A General Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code, Version 4b, LA-12625-M,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1997.
ICRP, Data For Use in Protection Against External Radiation, Report 51, International Commission on
Radiological Protection, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1987.
ICRP, Conversion Coefficients for Use in Radiological Protection against External Radiation, Report 74,
Annals of the ICRP, Vol 26, No. 3/4 (1996).
Mason, M., FAX to J.K. Shultis, 12/17/98, 1998a.
Mason, M., FAX to J.K. Shultis, 12/23/98, 1998b.
Mason, M., email to J.K. Shultis, 1/13/98, 1999.
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Shultis, J.K., and R.E. Faw, Radiation Shielding,” Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1996.
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Apprendix: Listing of Sample MCNP Inpout Files
For the MCNP calculations reported here, many input files and models were developed. In partic-
ular the following input files were used.
GNFB2X.I* near-field analysis for gamma rays from the end fittings
GNFB2F.I near-field analysis for gamma rays from the fuel
NGNF2.I near-field analysis for neutrons from the fuel
GFFAF0.I far-field direct component for gamma rays from the fuel (no berm)
GFFAF.I* far-field direct plus skyshine for gamma rays from the fuel (no berm)
GFFAX0.I far-field direct component for gamma rays from end fittings (no berm)
GFFAX.I far-field direct plus skyshine for gamma rays from end fittings (no berm)
NGFFA0.I far-field direct component for fuel neutrons (no berm)
NGFFA1.I far-field direct plus skyshine for fuel neutrons (no berm)
GFFBF0.I far-field direct component for gamma rays from the fuel (with a berm)
GFFBF.I far-field direct plus skyshine for gamma rays from the fuel (with a berm)
GFFBX0.I far-field direct component for gamma rays from end fittings (with a berm)
GFFBX.I far-field direct plus skyshine for gamma rays from end fittings (with a berm)
NGFFB.I far-field direct component for fuel neutrons (with a berm)
NGFFB1.I* far-field direct plus skyshine for fuel neutrons (with a berm)
On the following pages, the three MCNP input files marked by an * are listed. The other input
files are redily constructed from the components listed in the three example files.
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File GNFB2X.I
TransNuclear TN-68 cask: Near-field gamma doses. Source: fittings & plenum.
c Air replaced by void. Surface F2 detectors used for doses outside cask.
c Cask’s iron shell is decomposed into 10 sublayers and importances are
c used to sweep photons through cask sublayers.
c *********************** BLOCK 1: CELL CARDS ************************
c GEOMETRY (r-z)
c
c ^ z-axis
c |
c . | tally surfaces
c | -------------|--------------
c ._____________. |
c |-------------+--+ |
c .-------------+ | |
c |.............| | |
c . BASKETS | |+ |
c |.............| || | VOID
c . | || |
c | | || |
c . FUEL | || |
c O ------------|--||------------------------------> y-axis
c | (10 sub | || |
c . regions) | || |
c | | || |
c . | ||
c |.............| ||
c . BASKET | |+
c |-------------+ |
c .=---------------+------------------------------------------------------
c |
c . CONCRETE
c |
c J.K. Shultis (12/26/98)
c
c ****** Cask cells
c decomposed case bottom into 10 sublayers
110 9 -7.8212 1 -110 -30 imp:n,p=1024 $ Fe cask bot-sublayer 1
c decompose cask side into 10 sublayers
201 9 -7.8212 102 -122 201 -202 imp:n,p=2 $ Fe cask side-sublayer 1
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c decompose cask lid into 9 sublayers
301 9 -7.8212 12 -122 -201 imp:n,p=4 $ Fe cask lid-sublayer 1
c other cask cells
3 7 -1.918 2 -5 -26 imp:n,p=1 $ bottom basket
4 6 -1.158 7 -8 -26 imp:n,p=2 $ top plenum basket
5 5 -0.491 8 -11 -26 imp:n,p=2 $ top fitting
6 8 -7.92 26 -27 2 -28 imp:n,p=2 $ ss side basket
7 10 -2.702 27 -201 2 -28 imp:n,p=2 $ Al side basket/rails
8 0 11 -12 -26 imp:n,p=2 $ top void - part1
9 0 28 -12 26 -201 #10 imp:n,p=2 $ top void - part2
10 9 -7.8212 28 -19 24 -201 imp:n,p=2 $ hold down ring
13 11 -0.90 14 -15 -25 imp:n,p=1024 $ polyprop top shield
14 0 15 -16 -25 imp:n,p=1024 $ void under top cover -pt1
15 0 14 -16 25 -29 imp:n,p=1024 $ void under top cover -pt2
16 9 -7.8212 16 -17 -30 imp:n,p=1024 $ top Fe cover - top
17 9 -7.8212 14 -16 29 -30 imp:n,p=1024 $ top Fe cover - side
19 9 -7.8212 21 -23 9 -10 imp:n,p=1024 $ top side-shld Fe shell
20 9 -7.8212 22 -23 4 -9 imp:n,p=1024 $ side side-shld Fe shell
21 9 -7.8212 21 -23 3 -4 imp:n,p=1024 $ bot side-shld Fe shell
22 12 -1.687 21 -22 4 -9 imp:n,p=1024 $ side resin/Al shield
23 0 1 -3 21 -23 imp:n,p=1024 $ void under side shld
24 0 21 -23 10 -18 imp:n,p=1024 $ void above side shld - pt1
25 0 30 -23 18 -17 imp:n,p=1024 $ void above side shld - pt2
c **** fuel regions
40 4 -3.231 5 -40 -26 imp:n,p=1 $ FUEL region 1 (bottom)
41 4 -3.231 40 -41 -26 imp:n,p=1 $ FUEL region 2
49 4 -3.231 48 -7 -26 imp:n,p=1 $ FUEL region 10 (top)
c ***** outside cells above/below cask
25
140 2 -2.32 150 -1 -23 imp:n,p=1024 $ concrete beneath cask
145 0 17 -61 -23 imp:n,p=1024 $ air above cask-pt1
146 0 61 -151 -23 imp:n,p=1024 $ air above cask-pt2
c ***** Cells outside radial cask surface
600 2 -2.32 150 -1 23 -60 imp:n,p=1024 $ concrete inner air
601 0 1 -17 23 -60 imp:n,p=1024 $ inner air (void)
604 2 -2.32 150 -1 60 -152 imp:n,p=1024 $ concrete outer air
605 0 1 -17 60 -152 imp:n,p=1024 $ outer air (void)
90 0 -150:151:152 imp:n,p=0 $ problem boundary
c *********************** BLOCK 2: SURFACE CARDS ************************

c **** Horizontal cask planes
1 pz -226.42 $ cask bottom - ground surface
110 pz -223.94 $ cask bottom - top of sublayer 10
2 pz -201.65 $ cask bottom - top of bot Fe plate
3 pz -192.76 $ side Fe jacket - outside lower bottom
4 pz -190.86 $ side Fe jacket - inside lower bottom
5 pz -182.88 $ top bottom basket/bottom of fuel
7 pz 182.88 $ bottom of plenum basket/top of fuel
8 pz 224.72 $ top of plenum basket
9 pz 211.74 $ side Fe jacket - inside top
10 pz 213.64 $ side Fe jacket - outside top
11 pz 245.90 $ top of top fitting
12 pz 250.47 $ cask top - bot of lid
122 pz 253.33 $ cask top - top of sublayer 1
14 pz 274.60 $ cask top - top of lid
13 pz 261.90 $ cask side - top of Fe side
15 pz 284.76 $ top of polyprop on top of cask
16 pz 318.74 $ top Fe cover - bot surface
17 pz 319.38 $ top Fe cover - top surface
18 pz 266.35 $ top cover flange
19 pz 248.56 $ top hold down ring
28 pz 214.91 $ bottom hold down ring
c ***** cylindrical cask surfaces
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201 cz 88.27 $ cask wall - inner surface
202 cz 89.84 $ cask wall - inner surface of sublayer 1
21 cz 107.32 $ cask outer surface
22 cz 122.56 $ side Fe jacket -- inside
23 cz 124.47 $ side Fe jacket -- outside
24 cz 85.73 $ inside radius of hold down ring
25 cz 89.22 $ top polyprop disk radius
26 cz 83.92 $ inside radius ss basket
27 cz 84.40 $ inside radius Al backet/rails
29 cz 101.45 $ inside radius top cover
30 cz 102.40 $ outside radius top cover
c ***** surfaces for fuel regions
40 pz -163.49 $ top of fuel region 40
45 pz 30.91 $ top of fuel region 45
c ***** problem boundaries
150 pz -300.E2 $ bottom of soil (problem boundary)
151 pz 500.E2 $ top of air (problem boundary)
152 cz 500.E2 $ radial air limit (problem boundary)
c ****** surfaces for detector segmentation
60 cz 135.90 $ radial tally surface
61 pz 330.81 $ top tally surface
71 pz -150.0 $ segmentation plane
74 pz 30.0 $ segmentation plane
80 cz 45.00 $ segmentation cylinder
c *********************** BLOCK 3: DATA CARDS ***************************

c
c --- 3 volumetric cylindrical sources in cells 3,4,5 for bottom fitting,
c plenum basket and top fitting
SDEF CEL=d1 POS=FCEL d2 AXS=0 0 1 RAD=d9 EXT=FCEL d10 ERG=d14
c -- define cells for each source
SI1 L 5 4 3 $ cell: top fit. / plenum / bot. fitting
SP1 0.43231 0.26139 0.30630 $ relative source strengths
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c -- set POS for each source
DS2 S 3 4 5 $ based on cell choosen, set distribution for POS
SI3 L 0 0 235.31 $ center for spatially sampling of source 1 (top fit.)
SP3 1 $ prob. distn for src 1 center
SI4 L 0 0 203.8 $ center for spatially sampling of source 2 (plenum)
SI5 L 0 0 -192.265 $ center for spatially sampling of source 3 (bot.fit.)
c -- set RAD for each source (must completely include cells 5, 4 or 3)
SI9 0 83.42 $ radial sampling limits for all 3 sources
SP9 -21 1 $ radial sampling weight for all 3 sources
c -- set EXT for each source (must completely include cells 5, 4, or 3)
DS10 S 11 12 13 $ distns for sampling axially for each src
SI11 -10.59 10.59 $ axial sampling limits for src1
SP11 -21 0 $ axial sampling weight for src1
c -- gamma energy spectrum: same for all three sources
SI14 H 1.0 1.33 1.66 $ energy bins - same for the 3 source regions
SP14 0.0 .77977 0.22023 $ bin probs. - same for the 3 source regions
c
c
c
c ---- Detector types and locations (F2 segmented surface detectors)
c -- doses on cask’s radial surface
FC2 Doses 4.5" from cask radial surface averaged over subsurfaces
F2:p 60 $ surface tally
FS2 -1 -3 -71 -72 -73 -74 -75 -76 -10 -19 -13 -14 -15 -17 -61
SD2 2.542321E7 28741.77 36512.11 51233.09 51233.09 51233.09 51233.09
51233.09 54341.23 29817.66 11390.82 10844.35 8675.47
29561.49 9759.90 4.241177E7
TF2 3j 6
c
c -- doses along cask’s top
FC12 Doses 4.5" from cask top surface averaged over subsurfaces
f12:p 61 $ surface tally
fs12 -80 -25 -30 -23 -60
sd12 6361.73 18646.01 7934.25 15730.02 9349.46 7.8539233E9
c
c
mode p
PHYS:p 10 1 1 $ -- no bremsstrahlung, no coherent scattering
nps 40000000
c void
c
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
c ambient photon dose equiv. H*(10mm) Sv (from T-D1 of S&F)
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
de0 1.000E-02 1.500E-02 2.000E-02 3.000E-02 4.000E-02 5.000E-02
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6.000E-02 8.000E-02 1.000E-01 1.500E-01 2.000E-01 3.000E-01
4.000E-01 5.000E-01 6.000E-01 8.000E-01 1.000E+00 1.500E+00
2.000E+00 3.000E+00 4.000E+00 5.000E+00 6.000E+00 8.000E+00
1.000E+01
df0 7.690E-14 8.460E-13 1.010E-12 7.850E-13 6.140E-13 5.260E-13
5.040E-13 5.320E-13 6.110E-13 8.900E-13 1.180E-12 1.810E-12
2.380E-12 2.890E-12 3.380E-12 4.290E-12 5.110E-12 6.920E-12
8.480E-12 1.110E-11 1.330E-11 1.540E-11 1.740E-11 2.120E-11
2.520E-11
c
c
c ***** MATERIAL CARDS
c ************************************************************
c AIR: ANSI/ANS-6.4.3, Dry air; density = 0.0012 g/cm^3
c Composition by mass fraction
c *************************************************************
m1 7014 -.75519
8016 -.23179
6000 -.00014
18000 -.01288
c
c ************************************************************
c CONCRETE: ANSI/ANS-6.4.3; density = 2.32 g/cm^3
c ************************************************************
m2 1001 -.0056
8016 -.4983
11023 -.0171
12000 -.0024
13027 -.0456
14000 -.3158
16000 -.0012
19000 -.0192
20000 -.0826
26000 -.0122
c
c **************************************************************
c SOIL: [Jacob, Radn. Prot. Dos. 14, 299, 1986]
c density = 1.625 g/cm^3; Composition by mass fraction
c **************************************************************
m3 1001 -.021
6012 -.016
19000 -.013
26000 -.011
20000 -.041
13027 -.050
14000 -.271
8016 -.577
c
c **************************************************************
c Fuel-Basket TN-68 Cask (Table 5.3-1)
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c Density = 3.231 g/cm^3; Composition by atom fraction
c **************************************************************
m4 92238 0.14291
92235 0.00494
40000 0.09981
28000 0.02423
26000 0.18629
25055 0.00545
24000 0.05470
13027 0.18597
8016 0.29570
c
c *************************************************************
c Top Fitting TN-68 Cask (Table 5.3-1)
c *************************************************************
m5 26000 0.50712
28000 0.06595
25055 0.01483
24000 0.14890
40000 0.26320
c
c *************************************************************
c Plenum/Basket TN-68 (Table 5.3-1)
c *************************************************************
m6 26000 0.34907
28000 0.04535
40000 0.17975
25055 0.01021
24000 0.10246
13027 0.31316
c
c *************************************************************
c Bottom/Basket TN-68 (Table 5.3-1)
c *************************************************************
m7 26000 0.48631
28000 0.06329
25055 0.01423
24000 0.14285
13027 0.23378
40000 0.05954
c
c **************************************************************
c Basket Periphery (SS304) TN-68 (Table 5.3-1)
c **************************************************************
m8 26000 0.68826
25055 0.02013
24000 0.20209
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28000 0.08952
c
c **************************************************************
c Carbon Steel TN-68 (Table 5.3-1)
c **************************************************************
m9 26000 0.95510
6000 0.04490
c
c **************************************************************
c Outer Basket/Rails TN-68 (Table 5.3-1)
c **************************************************************
m10 13027 1.00000
c
c *************************************************************
c Polypropylene Disk TN-68 (Table 5.3-1)
c *************************************************************
m11 6012 .33480
1001 .66520
c
c *************************************************************
c Resin/Aluminum Composite for TN-68 (Table 5.3-1)
c *************************************************************
m12 13027 0.10331
6012 0.24658
8016 0.21985
1001 0.42207
5010 0.00164
5011 0.00655
c
c *************************************************************
c Berm (Silica + water) for ISFSI Site (SAR Page 7a-5);
c density = 1.400 g/cm^3; Composition by atom fraction
c *************************************************************
m13 14000 0.26524
8016 0.59855
1001 0.13621
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File GFFAF.I
TransNuclear TN-68 cask: Far-Field model; gammas from fuel zones only.
c Volumetric F4 detectors used. Geometry splitting/routlette added.
c NOTE: Dose are from "direct" + "skyshine" radiation. No berm.
c GEOMETRY (r-z)
c (J.K.Shultis 12/30/98)
c ^z-axis
c | AIR
c |
c | cask
c |---------+
c .-------+ |
c | | |-
c . FUEL | ||
c | | ||
c o ---- | || ----> r-axis
c | | ||
c . | || --|-|---|-|--...--| |---|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|-
c | | |- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
c .-------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
c |---------+----|-|---|-|--...--|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|-
c | | \
c . | \ det vols (16 in all)
c | |
c . CONCRETE | SOIL
c | 10m
c
c ****** Cask cells
c decomposed case bottom into 10 sublayers
c decompose cask side into 10 sublayers
32
c decompose cask lid into 9 sublayers
c other cask cells
8 1 -0.0013 11 -12 -26 imp:n,p=2 $ top void - part1 (air)
9 1 -0.0013 28 -12 26 -201 #10 imp:n,p=2 $ top void - part2 (air)
14 1 -0.0013 15 -16 -25 imp:n,p=1024 $ air under top cover -pt1
15 1 -0.0013 14 -16 25 -29 imp:n,p=1024 $ air under top cover -pt2
23 1 -0.0013 1 -3 21 -23 imp:n,p=1024 $ air under side shld
24 1 -0.0013 21 -23 10 -18 imp:n,p=1024 $ air above side shld - pt1
c **** fuel regions
c ***** outside cells above/below cask
145 1 -0.0013 17 -54 -23 imp:n,p=1024 $ air above cask-pt1
146 1 -0.0013 54 -151 -23 imp:n,p=1024 $ top-top air above cask-pt2
c ***** cells for detector volumes and air/soil layers beyond cask
c -- cells before and at 2m detector
600 2 -2.32 150 -1 23 -60 imp:n,p=1024 $ concrete before detector
601 1 -0.0013 1 -53 23 -60 imp:n,p=1024 $ air before detector
33
602 1 -0.0013 53 -54 23 -60 imp:n,p=1024 $ top air before detector
603 1 -0.0013 54 -151 23 -60 imp:n,p=1024 $ top-top air before det.
610 2 -2.32 150 -1 60 -61 imp:n,p=1024 $ concrete beneath detector
611 1 -0.0013 1 -53 60 -61 imp:n,p=1024 $ air for detector
612 1 -0.0013 53 -54 60 -61 imp:n,p=1024 $ top air above det.
613 1 -0.0013 54 -151 60 -61 imp:n,p=1024 $ top-top air above det.
700 3 -1.625 150 -1 69 -70 imp:n,p=3200 $ soil before detector
710 3 -1.625 150 -1 70 -71 imp:n,p=3200 $ soil beneath detector
34
732 1 -0.0013 53 -54 72 -73 imp:n,p=3200 $ top air above detector
733 1 -0.0013 54 -151 72 -73 imp:n,p=4800 $ top-top air above detector
780 3 -1.625 150 -1 77 -78 imp:n,p=8000 $ intermed soil cell
781 1 -0.0013 1 -53 77 -78 imp:n,p=8000 $ intermed air cell
782 1 -0.0013 53 -54 77 -78 imp:n,p=8000 $ intermed top air cell
783 1 -0.0013 54 -151 77 -78 imp:n,p=8000 $ intermed top-top air cell
800 3 -1.625 150 -1 79 -80 imp:n,p=1.5E4 $ intermed soil cell
801 1 -0.0013 1 -53 79 -80 imp:n,p=1.5E4 $ intermed air cell
802 1 -0.0013 53 -54 79 -80 imp:n,p=1.5E4 $ intermed top air cell
803 1 -0.0013 54 -151 79 -80 imp:n,p=1.5E4 $ intermed top-top air cell
810 3 -1.625 150 -1 80 -81 imp:n,p=1.5E4 $ soil before detector
811 1 -0.0013 1 -53 80 -81 imp:n,p=1.5E4 $ air before detector
812 1 -0.0013 53 -54 80 -81 imp:n,p=1.5E4 $ top air before detector
813 1 -0.0013 54 -151 80 -81 imp:n,p=1.5E4 $ top-top air before det.
35
c -- cells before and at 700m detector (2 cells before detector vol.)
c -- cells before and at 1000m detector (2 intermed cells before detector)
c
920 3 -1.625 150 -1 91 -152 imp:n,p=2.8E7 $ soil after 1000-m detector
921 1 -0.0013 1 -53 91 -152 imp:n,p=2.8E7 $ air after 1000-m detector
922 1 -0.0013 53 -54 91 -152 imp:n,p=2.8E7 $ top air after 1000-m det
36
923 1 -0.0013 54 -151 91 -152 imp:n,p=2.8E7 $ top-top air after det.

14 pz 274.60 $ cask top - top of lid
201 cz 88.27 $ cask wall - inner surface
37
c ***** surfaces for detector volumes
53 pz -26.42 $ top of detector volumes
54 pz 383.18 $ top of berm
60 cz 175.00 $ detector at 2 m - inner face (2-m from cask center)
61 cz 225.00 $ detector at 2 m - outer face
62 cz 275.00 $ detector at 3 m - inner face
c 72 cz 2847.6 $ front face of berm
c 73 cz 3152.4 $ back of berm
38
57 cz 60000.0 $ extra surface at 600 m
59 cz 85000.0 $ extra surface at 850m

c
c --- gamma-ray source for fuel in TN68 -- 10 axial cylindrical zones
SDEF par=2 pos= 0 0 0 axs=0 0 1 rad=d1 ext=d2 erg d6 cel=d7
SI1 0 83.92 $ range of radius sampling: 0 to Rmax
SP1 -21 1 $ radial distriubtion: here r^1
SI2 -182.88 182.88 $ range of axial sampling
SP2 -21 0 $ axial distribution: here z^0
SI6 H 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.33 1.66 $ energy bins - fuel
SP6 0.0 .10092 .07902 .02211 .01359 .05790 $ bin probs. - fuel
.65402 .03549 .03273 .00422
SI7 L 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 $ fuel zones
SP7 0.02385 .09264 .19934 .10139 .10139 $ prob. emission per fuel zone
.10139 .09801 .18251 .07149 .02799
SB7 0.05 0.05 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.15 0.20 $ bias top zones
c
c
c ---- Detector types and locations
FC4 *** Dose in Sv per photon ***
F4:p 611 631 651 671 691 711 731 751 771 791 811 831 851 871 891 911
FC14 *** Dose in mrem/h ***
F14:p 611 631 651 671 691 711 731 751 771 791 811 831 851 871 891 911
FM14 2.4839E25 $ convert Sv/photon to mrem/h for fuel zones
c
c
c ---- Physics and problem control
mode p
phys:p 0 1 1
nps 100000000
c void
c
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
de0 1.000E-02 1.500E-02 2.000E-02 3.000E-02 4.000E-02 5.000E-02
6.000E-02 8.000E-02 1.000E-01 1.500E-01 2.000E-01 3.000E-01
4.000E-01 5.000E-01 6.000E-01 8.000E-01 1.000E+00 1.500E+00
2.000E+00 3.000E+00 4.000E+00 5.000E+00 6.000E+00 8.000E+00
1.000E+01
df0 7.690E-14 8.460E-13 1.010E-12 7.850E-13 6.140E-13 5.260E-13
5.040E-13 5.320E-13 6.110E-13 8.900E-13 1.180E-12 1.810E-12
39
2.380E-12 2.890E-12 3.380E-12 4.290E-12 5.110E-12 6.920E-12
8.480E-12 1.110E-11 1.330E-11 1.540E-11 1.740E-11 2.120E-11
2.520E-11
c
c
c ************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m1 7014 -.75519
8016 -.23179
6000 -.00014
18000 -.01288
c
c ************************************************************
c ************************************************************
m2 1001 -.0056
8016 -.4983
11023 -.0171
12000 -.0024
13027 -.0456
14000 -.3158
16000 -.0012
19000 -.0192
20000 -.0826
26000 -.0122
c
c **************************************************************
c **************************************************************
m3 1001 -.021
6012 -.016
19000 -.013
26000 -.011
20000 -.041
13027 -.050
14000 -.271
8016 -.577
c
c **************************************************************
c **************************************************************
m4 92238 0.14291
92235 0.00494
40000 0.09981
28000 0.02423
40
26000 0.18629
25055 0.00545
24000 0.05470
13027 0.18597
8016 0.29570
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m5 26000 0.50712
28000 0.06595
25055 0.01483
24000 0.14890
40000 0.26320
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m6 26000 0.34907
28000 0.04535
40000 0.17975
25055 0.01021
24000 0.10246
13027 0.31316
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m7 26000 0.48631
28000 0.06329
25055 0.01423
24000 0.14285
13027 0.23378
40000 0.05954
c
c **************************************************************
c **************************************************************
m8 26000 0.68826
25055 0.02013
24000 0.20209
28000 0.08952
c
c **************************************************************
c **************************************************************
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m9 26000 0.95510
6000 0.04490
c
c **************************************************************
c **************************************************************
m10 13027 1.00000
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m11 6012 .33480
1001 .66520
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m12 13027 0.10331
6012 0.24658
8016 0.21985
1001 0.42207
5010 0.00164
5011 0.00655
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m13 14000 0.26524
8016 0.59855
1001 0.13621
42
File NGFFB1.I
TransNuclear TN-68 cask: Far-Field model; neutron source (12 zones)

c Neutron and secondary-photon doses. Volumetric F4 detectors used.
c Geometry splitting/routlette only in air layers. Cask cells IMP=1.
c Berm included at 30 m.
c
c GEOMETRY (r-z)
c (J.K.Shultis 1/13/99)
c ^z-axis
c | AIR
c |
c | cask +=+
c |---------+ | | berm
c .-------+ | | |
c | | |- | |
c . FUEL | || | |
c | | || | |
c o ---- | || ----> r-axis | |
c | | || | |
c . | || --|-|---|-|--...--| |---|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|-
c | | |- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
c .-------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
c |---------+----|-|---|-|--...--|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|-
c | | | \
c . | | \ det vols (14 in all)
c | CONCRETE | 30m
c . | SOIL
c | 10m
c
c ****** Cask cells
1 9 -7.8212 1 -2 -21 imp:n,p=1 $ Fe cask bottom
2 9 -7.8212 2 -13 20 -21 imp:n,p=1 $ Fe cask side
8 0 11 -12 -26 imp:n,p=1 $ top void - part1
9 0 28 -12 26 -20 #10 imp:n,p=1 $ top void - part2
11 9 -7.8212 12 -14 -20 imp:n,p=1 $ Fe cask lid - part1
12 9 -7.8212 13 -14 20 -29 imp:n,p=1 $ Fe cask lid - part2
14 0 15 -16 -25 imp:n,p=1 $ void under top cover -pt1
15 0 14 -16 25 -29 imp:n,p=1 $ void under top cover -pt2
18 9 -7.8212 13 -18 30 -21 imp:n,p=1 $ top cover flange
43
23 1 -0.0013 1 -3 21 -23 imp:n,p=1 $ air under side shld
c **** fuel regions
c ***** cells above/below cask
145 1 -0.0013 17 -151 -23 imp:n,p=1 $ air above cask
c ***** cells for detector volumes and air/soil layers beyond cask
640 2 -2.32 150 -1 63 -64 imp:n,p=1.5 $ concrete before detector
641 1 -0.0013 1 -53 63 -64 imp:n,p=1.5 $ air before detector
642 1 -0.0013 53 -54 63 -64 imp:n,p=1.5 $ top air before detector
643 1 -0.0013 54 -151 63 -64 imp:n,p=1.5 $ top-top air before det.
650 2 -2.32 150 -1 64 -65 imp:n,p=1.5 $ concrete beneath detector
651 1 -0.0013 1 -53 64 -65 imp:n,p=1.5 $ air for detector
652 1 -0.0013 53 -54 64 -65 imp:n,p=1.5 $ top air above det.
653 1 -0.0013 54 -151 64 -65 imp:n,p=1.5 $ top-top air above det.
44
700 3 -1.625 150 -1 69 -70 imp:n,p=3.1 $ soil before detector
710 3 -1.625 150 -1 70 -71 imp:n,p=3.1 $ soil beneath detector
c -- cells before BERM centered at 30m from cask center
730 3 -1.625 150 -1 72 -73 imp:n,p=3.1 $ soil beneath BERM
731 13 -1.400 1 -53 72 -73 imp:n,p=3.1 $ bottom half of BERM
732 13 -1.400 53 -54 72 -73 imp:n,p=3.1 $ top half of BERM
733 1 -0.0013 54 -151 72 -73 imp:n,p=4.7 $ top-top air above BERM
750 3 -1.625 150 -1 74 -75 imp:n,p=4.7 $ soil beneath detector
45
c -- cells before and at 700m detector (2 cells before detector vol.)
46
c -- cells before and at 1000m detector (2 intermed cells before detector)
c
920 3 -1.625 150 -1 91 -152 imp:n,p=20000 $ soil after 1000-m detector
921 1 -0.0013 1 -53 91 -152 imp:n,p=20000 $ air after 1000-m detector
922 1 -0.0013 53 -54 91 -152 imp:n,p=20000 $ top air after 1000-m det
923 1 -0.0013 54 -151 91 -152 imp:n,p=20000 $ top-top air after det.

14 pz 274.60 $ cask top - top of Fe
47
20 cz 88.27 $ cask inner surface
40 pz -164.59 $ top of fuel zone 1
45 pz 0.00 $ top of fuel zone 6
c ***** surfaces for detector volumes
53 pz -26.42 $ top of detector volumes
54 pz 383.18 $ top of berm
60 cz 175.00 $ detector at 2 m - inner face (2-m from cask center)
72 cz 2847.6 $ front face of berm
73 cz 3152.4 $ back of berm
48
57 cz 60000.0 $ extra surface at 600 m
59 cz 85000.0 $ extra surface at 850m

c
c --- volumetric neutron source in 12 axial zones for TN-68 cask
c 7x7 fuel assemblies; 40,000 MWd/Mt average burnup; 10y cooling time
SDEF par=1 pos 0 0 0 axs=0 0 1 rad=d1 ext=d2 erg=d3 cel=d4
SI1 0 83.92 $ range of radius sampling: 0 to Rmax
SP1 -21 1 $ radial distriubtion: here r^1
SI2 -182.88 182.88 $ range of axial sampling
SP2 -21 0 $ axial distribution: here z^0
SI3 H 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.4 1.85 3.0 6.434 20 $ energy bins
SP3 0.0 .03777 .19296 .17703 .13102 .23295 .20989 .01843 $ bin prob.
SI4 L 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51
SP4 0.000092 0.008536 0.084512 0.136909 0.152967 0.158037
0.156347 0.138600 0.107330 0.050961 0.005569 0.000140
SB4 0.05 0.05 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.05 0.05
c
c
c ---- Detector types and locations
F4:n 611 631 651 671 691 711 751 771 791 811 831 851 871 891 911
TF4 13 $-- fluctualtion tally for 500-m detector
F14:n 611 631 651 671 691 711 751 771 791 811 831 851 871 891 911
FM14 2.896E18 $-- convert (Sv/neut) to (mrem/h)
F24:p 611 631 651 671 691 711 751 771 791 811 831 851 871 891 911
TF24 13 $-- fluctualtion tally for 500-m detector
F34:p 611 631 651 671 691 711 751 771 791 811 831 851 871 891 911
FM34 2.896E18 $-- convert (Sv/neut) to (mrem/h)
c
c
mode n p
phys:n 20.0 0.0
cut:n j 0.0
phys:p 0 1 1
nps 2000000
c void
c
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
c ambient neutron dose equiv. H*(10mm) Sv (from T-D3 of S&F)
49
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
de4 2.500E-08 1.000E-07 1.000E-06 1.000E-05 1.000E-04 1.000E-03
1.000E-02 2.000E-02 5.000E-02 1.000E-01 2.000E-01 5.000E-01
1.000E+00 1.500E+00 2.000E+00 3.000E+00 4.000E+00 5.000E+00
6.000E+00 7.000E+00 8.000E+00 1.000E+01 1.400E+01 1.700E+01
2.000E+01
df4 8.000E-12 1.040E-11 1.120E-11 9.200E-12 7.100E-12 6.200E-12
8.600E-12 1.460E-11 3.500E-11 6.900E-11 1.260E-10 2.580E-10
3.400E-10 3.620E-10 3.520E-10 3.800E-10 4.090E-10 3.780E-10
3.830E-10 4.030E-10 4.170E-10 4.460E-10 5.200E-10 6.100E-10
6.500E-10
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
c ambient neutron dose equiv. H*(10mm) Sv (from T-D3 of S&F)
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
de14 2.500E-08 1.000E-07 1.000E-06 1.000E-05 1.000E-04 1.000E-03
1.000E-02 2.000E-02 5.000E-02 1.000E-01 2.000E-01 5.000E-01
1.000E+00 1.500E+00 2.000E+00 3.000E+00 4.000E+00 5.000E+00
6.000E+00 7.000E+00 8.000E+00 1.000E+01 1.400E+01 1.700E+01
2.000E+01
df14 8.000E-12 1.040E-11 1.120E-11 9.200E-12 7.100E-12 6.200E-12
8.600E-12 1.460E-11 3.500E-11 6.900E-11 1.260E-10 2.580E-10
3.400E-10 3.620E-10 3.520E-10 3.800E-10 4.090E-10 3.780E-10
3.830E-10 4.030E-10 4.170E-10 4.460E-10 5.200E-10 6.100E-10
6.500E-10
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
de24 1.000E-02 1.500E-02 2.000E-02 3.000E-02 4.000E-02 5.000E-02
6.000E-02 8.000E-02 1.000E-01 1.500E-01 2.000E-01 3.000E-01
4.000E-01 5.000E-01 6.000E-01 8.000E-01 1.000E+00 1.500E+00
2.000E+00 3.000E+00 4.000E+00 5.000E+00 6.000E+00 8.000E+00
1.000E+01
df24 7.690E-14 8.460E-13 1.010E-12 7.850E-13 6.140E-13 5.260E-13
5.040E-13 5.320E-13 6.110E-13 8.900E-13 1.180E-12 1.810E-12
2.380E-12 2.890E-12 3.380E-12 4.290E-12 5.110E-12 6.920E-12
8.480E-12 1.110E-11 1.330E-11 1.540E-11 1.740E-11 2.120E-11
2.520E-11
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
c ------------------------------------------------------------------
de34 1.000E-02 1.500E-02 2.000E-02 3.000E-02 4.000E-02 5.000E-02
6.000E-02 8.000E-02 1.000E-01 1.500E-01 2.000E-01 3.000E-01
4.000E-01 5.000E-01 6.000E-01 8.000E-01 1.000E+00 1.500E+00
2.000E+00 3.000E+00 4.000E+00 5.000E+00 6.000E+00 8.000E+00
1.000E+01
df34 7.690E-14 8.460E-13 1.010E-12 7.850E-13 6.140E-13 5.260E-13
5.040E-13 5.320E-13 6.110E-13 8.900E-13 1.180E-12 1.810E-12
2.380E-12 2.890E-12 3.380E-12 4.290E-12 5.110E-12 6.920E-12
8.480E-12 1.110E-11 1.330E-11 1.540E-11 1.740E-11 2.120E-11
2.520E-11
c
50
c
c ************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m1 7014.50c -.75519
8016.60c -.23179
6000.60c -.00014
18000.35c -.01288
c
c ************************************************************
c ************************************************************
m2 1001.50c -.0056
8016.60c -.4983
11023 -.0171
12000 -.0024
13027.50c -.0456
14000.50c -.3158
16000 -.0012
19000.50c -.0192
20000.50c -.0826
26000.50c -.0122
c
c **************************************************************
c **************************************************************
m3 1001.50c -.021
6012.50c -.016
19000.50c -.013
26000.50c -.011
20000.50c -.041
13027.50c -.050
14000.50c -.271
8016.60c -.577
c
c **************************************************************
c **************************************************************
m4 92238.50c 0.14291
92235.50c 0.00494
40000.60c 0.09981
28000.50c 0.02423
26000.50c 0.18629
25055.50c 0.00545
24000.50c 0.05470
13027.50c 0.18597
51
8016.60c 0.29570
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m5 26000.50c 0.50712
28000.50c 0.06595
25055.50c 0.01483
24000.50c 0.14890
40000.60c 0.26320
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m6 26000.50c 0.34907
28000.50c 0.04535
40000.60c 0.17975
25055.50c 0.01021
24000.50c 0.10246
13027.50c 0.31316
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m7 26000.50c 0.48631
28000.50c 0.06329
25055.50c 0.01423
24000.50c 0.14285
13027.50c 0.23378
40000.60c 0.05954
c
c **************************************************************
c **************************************************************
m8 26000.50c 0.68826
25055.50c 0.02013
24000.50c 0.20209
28000.50c 0.08952
c
c **************************************************************
c **************************************************************
m9 26000.50c 0.95510
6000.60c 0.04490
c
c **************************************************************
52
c **************************************************************
m10 13027.50c 1.00000
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m11 6012.50c .33480
1001.50c .66520
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m12 13027.50c 0.10331
6012.50c 0.24658
8016.60c 0.21985
1001.50c 0.42207
5010.60c 0.00164
5011.60c 0.00655
c
c *************************************************************
c *************************************************************
m13 14000.50c 0.26524
8016.60c 0.59855
1001.50c 0.13621
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RADIATION ANALYSIS OF A

SPENT-FUEL STORAGE CASK

ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

Dept. Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

1 MCNP Modeling of the TN-68 Cask

1.2 Material Compositions

plenum & basket

Figure 1. The TN-68 cask showing the principal material components.

plenum & basket

1.3 Cask Source Terms

Dry Air: ρ = 0.0012 g/cm3 [ANSI/ANS 6.4.3]

Soil: ρ = 1.625 g/cm3 [Jacob, Prot. Dos., 14, 299, 1986]

Fuel-Basket Homogenized – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 3.231 g/cm3

Plenum/Basket – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 1.158 g/cm3

Top Fitting – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 0.491 g/cm3

Bottom Fitting/Basket – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 1.918 g/cm3

Basket Periphery (stainless steel): ρ = 7.92 g/cm3

Periphery Shim/Rails – TN-68 Cask (aluminum): ρ = 2.702 g/cm3

Cask Body – TN-68 Cask (carbon steel): ρ = 7.8212 g/cm3

Polypropylene Disk – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 0.90 g/cm3

Resin/Aluminum – TN-68 Cask: ρ = 1.687 g/cm3

Berm (Silica + water): ρ = 1.400 g/cm3

Energy Energy range Number of Photons

Table 3. Axial distribution of the gamma-ray

Fuel Axial Range Fraction of Total

Table 4. Energy spectrum of neutrons emitted by

Energy range Number of Neutrons

Table 5. Axial distribution of the neutron

Fuel Axial Range Fraction of Total

Table 6. Response functions (fluence-to-dose conversion factors) used in

Photon energy Response Function Neutron energy Response Function

0.01 0.0769 2.5 × 10−8 8.0

D(mrem/h) = D(Sv/particle) × Si (particles/s) × 105 (mrem/Sv) × 3600(s/h), (1)

Dn (mrem/h) = 2.896 × 1018 × Dn (Sv/neutron). (4)

2 Near-Field Gamma Dose Rates

3 Far-Field Gamma Dose Rates

Table 8. Primary gamma-ray dose-equivalent rates along the TN-68

3.1 Cask without a Berm

Table 9. Primary gamma-ray dose-equivalent rates as a function of the distance

3.2 Berm Around Cask

2 0.27910E+02 0.0156 0.27747E+02 0.0153 0.16287E+00 3.7345

Table 11. Neutron and secondary-photon dose-

Table 12. Neutron and secondary-photon dose-

5.1 Cask Without a Berm

5.2 Cask Surrounded by a Berm

Neutron Secondary photon

2 4.09530E+00 0.0182 4.04755E+00 0.0187 0.47750E−01 1.5734 8.26774E−01 0.0114

2 1.42424E−18 4.12459E+00 0.0183 2.87054E−19 8.31308E−01 0.0114

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