Model testing conducted to benchmark the Shippingport Reactor Pressure Vessel/Neutron Shield Tank package safety analysis

Conference · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6126611

Becker, D. L.; Burgess, D. M.; Bowen, W. W.; Winkel, B. V.

The decommissioned Shippingport Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) and its integral Neutron Shield Tank (NST) were transported from Shippingport, Pennsylvania, via barge to Hanford, Washington for burial in the Hanford Site Radioactive Waste Disposal Area. To ensure that the Reactor Pressure Vessel/Neutron Shield Tank (RPV/NST) assembly could be shipped safely, without undue risk to the public or the environment, the RPV/NST assembly was certified by the US Department of Energy (DOE) as a Type B package. A Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP) was prepared in accordance with DOE requirements to provide the technical basis for the DOE certification. The RPV/NST package is a monolithic structure of lightweight concrete and steel. Its estimated weight is 844 t (930 tons). To substantiate multidimensional inelastic analyses, a series of 11 drop tests were conducted on seven, 1/10 size benchmark models from heights of 30.5 cm (1 ft), 9.14 m (30 ft), and 13.7 m (45 ft). Technical evaluation and correlation of the test data were performed in conjunction with the structural analysis and assessment of the package. These model tests confirmed the predicted analytical results and provided experimental benchmark data to support the material, physical, and mechanical properties and reaction rates used in the analyses. 1 fig., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 6126611
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-0415; CONF-890855-16; ON: DE89010108
• Resource Relation: Conference: 10. international conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMIRT), Anaheim, CA, USA, 14-18 Aug 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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