Evaluation of accident frequencies at the canister storage building

Technical Report · Thu May 13 00:00:00 EDT 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/782355· OSTI ID:782355

LIU, Y J

By using the fault tree logic, an evaluation of the design basis accident frequencies at the Canister Storage Building has been performed. The evaluation demonstrates that due to low frequency of occurrences, the following design basis accidents are considered not credible (annual frequency of less than 10{sup -6}): Rearrangement of multi-canister overpack (MCO) internals; Gaseous release from the MCO; MCO internal hydrogen explosion; MCO external hydrogen explosion; Thermal runaway reactions inside the MCO; and Violation of design temperature criteria.

• Research Organization: Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US DOE Office of Environmental Management (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-96RL13200
• OSTI ID: 782355
• Report Number(s): SNF-4042-REV0; TRN: US200219%%124
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 13 May 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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