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and mineralogy of the Vacherie and Raybum salt doses ' 13 2.2.2 Fluid Inclusions in the salt 14 3. THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF LIOOID BRINE MIGRATION WITHIN CRYSTALS OF HaCl 15 3.1 Brine Migration Induced by a Thermal Gradient 15 3.1.1 Introduction. 15 3.1.2 Anthony and Cline equation for brine migration velocity 16 3.1.3 Rearrangement of Anthony and Cline equation to include the empirical relationship between migration velocity ,and kinetic potential .... 18 3.1.4 Theoretical equations of Geguzin and later workers 3.1.5 Thermodynamic relationship between kinetic potential and interface concentration 3.1.6 Derivation of the transport equation with thermal diffusion and applications 3.1.7 Theoretical equations assuming nonlinear interface kinetics 24 3.1.8 Numerical values of the migration equation parameters 3.1.9 Predicted maximum ratei of migration, Vxnax> of brine inclusions in single crystals of NaCl ... 3.1.10 Ratio (V/V,^) of calculated migration velocity to maximum migration velocity: effects of kinetic potential ...... j4 3.1.11 Effects of kinetic potential 3.2 Effects of Stress and of Gamma Irradiation on Kinetic Potential 4. MIGRATION RATE DATA FOR LIQUID BRINE INCLUSIONS IN SINGLE CRYSTALS OF NaCl 4.1 Natural Crystals of Bedded Salt with Natural Brine Inclusions 4.1.1 Data for bedded salt in the Carey mine, Hutchinson, Kansas 4.1.2 Data for bedded salt in SENM (ERDA Core 9) ... 4.1.3 Data for bedded salt in the Carey mine at Lyons, Kansas ............. 4.1.4 Data for bedded salt In SENM (near Salt Block II site) 4.1.5 Effects of stored radiation energy on brine migration .................... 4.1.6 Evidence that the kinetic potential has a finite value at zero migration rate ....... V 4.2 Natural Crystals of Dome Salt with Natural Brine Inclusions 48 4.3 Synthetic NaCI with Inclusions of Pure NaCI Brine ... 48 4.4 Summary of Information on Maximum Rates of Migration of Brine Inclusions in Bedded Salt 49 4.4.1 Kinetic potential effects 49 4.4.2 Shape of brine inclusions 50 4.4.3 Other effects of gamma radiation ..

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Schematic of a typical Westinghouse fuel rod. 2-13 Schematic of a typical Westinghouse fuel assembly* 2-14 Schematic of VANTAGE 5 fuel assembly. 2-15 Schematic of a fuel rod from St. Lucie Plant-1-2-16 14 X 14 array. 2.5 Schematic of a fuel assembly from St. Lucie 2-17 Plant-1-14 X 14 array. 2.6 Schematic of a fuel rod from Arkansas Nuclear One, 2-18 Unit 2-16 X 16 array. 2.7 Schematic of a fuel assembly for Arkansas Nuclear (toe, 2-19 Unit-2-16 X 16 array. 2.8 Babcock and Wilcox fuel rod. 2-20 2.9 Babcock and Wilcox fuel assembly. 2-21 2.10 Typical General Electric fuel rod and assembly. 2-22 2.11 Cutaway diagram of an 8 x 8 General Electric fuel 2-23 assembly. 2.12 Cutaway diagram of QUAIH-fuel assembly. 2-24 2.13 Cutaway diagram of a partial QUAIH-fuel ass^nbly 2-25 showing internals. 2.14 Cutaway diagram of QUAIH-fuel channel. 2-26 2.15 Cutaway diagram of a QUAD-t-fuel assembly with 2-27 partially removed minibundle. 2.16 Cutaway diagram of a QUAIH-fuel minibundle. 2-28 3.1 Radioactivity produced by 1 metric ton of initial 3-7 heavy metal: PWR; 60,000 MWd. 3.2 Radioactivity produced by 1 metric ton of initial 3-8 heavy metal: PWR; 33,000 MWd. 3.3 Radioactivity produced by 1 metric ton of initial 3-9 heavy metal: BWR; 40,000 MWd. 3.4 Radioactivity produced by 1 metric ton of initial 3-10 heavy metal: BWR; 27,500 MWd. C.l Data collection pathway for spent fuel characteristics C.2 Calculational pathway for 0RIGEN2-generated data. C.3 Construction pathway for the nuclear waste characteristics data base. XI LIST OF TABLES (continued) Table Page 3.17 Variation in neutron production (neutrons/s«MTIHli| ^ 3-40 spontaneous fission as a function of time since discharge from a 60,000-MWd/MTIHM PWR 3.18 Variation in neutron production (neutrons/S'MTIHM) by 3-40 spontaneous fission as a function of time since discharge from a 33,000-MWd/MTIHM PWR 3.19 Variation in neutron production (neutrons/s'MTIHM) by 3-41 spontaneous fission as a function of time since discharge from a 40,000-MWd/MTIHM BWR 3.20 Variation in neutron production (neutrons/s'MTIHM) by 3-41 spontaneous fission as a function of time since discharge from a 27,500-MWd/MTIHM BWR 3.21 Variation in neutron production (neutrons/s'MTIHM) by 3-42 the alpha-neutron reaction as a function of time since discharge from a 60,000-MWd/MTIHM PWR 3.22 Variation in neutron production (neutrons/s'MTIHM) by 3-43 the alpha-neutron reaction as a function of time since. discharge from a 33,000-MWd/MTIHM PWR 3.23 Variation in neutron production (neutrons/s'MTIHM) by 3-44 the alpha-neutron reaction as a function of time since discharge from a 40,000-MWd/MTIHM BWR 3.24 Variation in neutron production (neutrons/s'MTIHM) by 3-45 the alpha-neutron reaction as a function of time since discharge from a 27,500-MWd/MTIHM BWR 3.25 Variation in photon production (photons/s»MTIHM) as a 3-46 function of time since discharge from a 60,000-MWd/MTIHM PWR 3.26 Variation in photon production (photons/s'MTIHM) as a 3-47 function of time since discharge from a 33,000-MWd/MTIHM PWR 3.27 Variation in p...