Fires: what plant locations should we really protect

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5505968

Berry, D L

A fire protection analysis technique was developed from earlier work involving the protection of nuclear power plants against acts of sabotage. Characteristics unique to fire phenomena were used to modify the sabotage analysis methodology. These characteristics include the effects of fuel loads, ventilation rates, heat loss areas, barrier ratings, and plant locations. The new fire analysis technique was applied to an example nuclear power plant having 85 different plant areas. It was found that some safety and nonsafety areas were both highly vulnerable to fire spread and important to overall safety, while other areas were found to be of marginal importance to fire safety.

• Research Organization: Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 5505968
• Report Number(s): SAND-79-2142C; CONF-800403-36; TRN: 80-007976
• Resource Relation: Conference: ANS thermal reactor safety meeting, Knoxville, TN, USA, 8 Apr 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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