Response Technical Tools User Guide [Manual]
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Developed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for assessment of reactor accidents, Response Technical Manual (RTM) is a paper-based report which contains simple methods for estimating possible accident scenarios and relevant consequences for different kinds of radiological events. Based on RTM, a software called Response Technical Tools (RTT) was developed by Sandia National Laboratories to convert the paper manual into an automated and easy-to-use code. In particular, the RTT focuses on the nuclear power plant severe accidents and is informed by state-of-the-art analyses and software programs, such as MELCOR and MAAP. RTT evaluations can be used to track and predict, at a very coarse level, the progression of a severe accident in nuclear power plant. The RTT allows a user to track the progress of an accident in a nuclear power plant from the point of initiation through the point of containment breach and release to the environment.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1468711
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2018-9593; 667509; TRN: US1902585
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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