Inductive Double-Contingency Analysis of UO₂ Powder Bulk Blending Operations at a Commercial Fuel Plant

Conference · Sun Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:78574

Skiles, S. K. ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)

An inductive double-contingency analysis (DCA) method developed by the criticality safety function at the Savannah River Site, was applied in Criticality Safety Evaluations (CSEs) of five major plant process systems at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation`s Commercial Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Plant in Columbia, South Carolina (WEC-Cola.). The method emphasizes a thorough evaluation of the controls intended to provide barriers against criticality for postulated initiating events and has been demonstrated effective at identifying common mode failure potential and interdependence among multiple controls. A description of the method and an example of its application is provided.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 78574
• Report Number(s): WSRC-TR-94-0606; CONF-9509100-1; ON: DE95060144; TRN: 95:016533
• Resource Relation: Conference: ICNC '95: 5. International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 17-22 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: 22 Dec 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS
SAFETY ANALYSIS
CRITICALITY
URANIUM DIOXIDE
PROCESS CONTROL
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS
ACCIDENTS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Criticality Safety Evaluations (CSEs)
Criticality Safety Assessment (CSA)
Common Mode Failure (CMF)
Fissile Material