Results of steel containment vessel model test
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Nuclear Power Engineering Corp., Tokyo (Japan)
- Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi, Ibaraki (Japan)
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
A series of static overpressurization tests of scale models of nuclear containment structures is being conducted by Sandia National Laboratories for the Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation of Japan and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Two tests are being conducted: (1) a test of a model of a steel containment vessel (SCV) and (2) a test of a model of a prestressed concrete containment vessel (PCCV). This paper summarizes the conduct of the high pressure pneumatic test of the SCV model and the results of that test. Results of this test are summarized and are compared with pretest predictions performed by the sponsoring organizations and others who participated in a blind pretest prediction effort. Questions raised by this comparison are identified and plans for posttest analysis are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 658403
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-98-1044C; CONF-980708-; ON: DE98005459; BR: 600301020; TRN: 98:011252
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1998 ASME/JSME joint pressure vessel and piping (PVP) conference, San Diego, CA (United States), 26-30 Jul 1998; Other Information: PBD: May 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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