Ceramic HEPA Filter Program

Conference · Mon Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1043641

Mitchell, M A; Bergman, W; Haslam, J; Brown, E P; Sawyer, S; Beaulieu, R; Althouse, P; Meike, A

Potential benefits of ceramic filters in nuclear facilities: (1) Short term benefit for DOE, NRC, and industry - (a) CalPoly HTTU provides unique testing capability to answer questions for DOE - High temperature testing of materials, components, filter, (b) Several DNFSB correspondences and presentations by DNFSB members have highlighted the need for HEPA filter R and D - DNFSB Recommendation 2009-2 highlighted a nuclear facility response to an evaluation basis earthquake followed by a fire (aka shake-n-bake) and CalPoly has capability for a shake-n-bake test; (2) Intermediate term benefit for DOE and industry - (a) Filtration for specialty applications, e.g., explosive applications at Nevada, (b) Spin-off technologies applicable to other commercial industries; and (3) Long term benefit for DOE, NRC, and industry - (a) Across industry, strong desire for better performance filter, (b) Engineering solution to safety problem will improve facility safety and decrease dependence on associated support systems, (c) Large potential life-cycle cost savings, and (d) Facilitates development and deployment of LLNL process innovations to allow continuous ventilation system operation during a fire.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 1043641
• Report Number(s): LLNL-CONF-554891; TRN: US1203163
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at: EFCOG SAWG Safety Analysis Workshop, NSR&D Interest Group, Santa Fe, NM, United States, May 07 - May 11, 2012
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
CERAMICS
EARTHQUAKES
EVALUATION
EXPLOSIVES
FILTRATION
INTEREST GROUPS
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
LIFE-CYCLE COST
NEVADA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PERFORMANCE
RECOMMENDATIONS
SAFETY
SAFETY ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TESTING
VENTILATION SYSTEMS