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Title: Radioactive material release from a containment vessel during a fire accident

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OSTI ID:1209018

A methodology is presented to determine the source term for leaks and ruptures of pressurized vessels. The generic methodology is applied to a 9975 Primary Containment Vessel (PCV) which losses containment due to a hypothesized fire accident. The release due to a vessel rupture is approximately two orders of magnitude greater than the release due to a leak.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC09-08SR22470
OSTI ID:
1209018
Report Number(s):
SRNS-STI-2015-00129
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2015 ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English