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oxide produced from the degradation of the carbon steel basket structure and DOE-SNF canister shell'. Conclusions Without the presence of a very insoluble neutron absorber in the canisters of the HEU Al-based DOE-SNF, the long-term action of infiltrating water can lead to a small, but significant, probability of criticality. The MIT fuel canister design with 1.25 kg of Gd (as GdPO4) distributed in or on carbon steel absorber plates throughout the carbon steel basket will reduce the probability of criticality to virtually zero during the first several hundred thousand years following emplacement. Acknowledgement This work was supported by the Department of Energy through the Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Savannah River Site (Contract Number DE-ACO1-91RW00134). References 1. Disposal Criticality Analysis for Aluminum-Based Fuel in a Codisposal Waste Package - ORR and MIT SNF - Phase II, DI Number: BBA000000-01717-0200-00060 REV 00, CRWMS M&O, December 1997. 2. Wolery, Thomas J., EQ3/6, A Software Package for Geochemical Modeling of Aqueous Systems: Package Overview and Installation Guide (Version 7.0), UCRL-MA-110662 PT I, LLNL, 1992.
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