Considerations for Canister Design and Drop Testing
- Walsh Engineering, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
This paper discusses some considerations for the proposed design and analysis of canisters used to ship reactor debris from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Energy-limited events, such as cask drops and other dynamic impacts, are evaluated much differently than other structures using static analysis. Static analysis of structures makes sense for engineers because static analysis is intuitive and material typically behaves in a linear elastic manner. Dynamic analyses are typically not intuitive because of non-linear material behavior. This is why canister designs need to be evaluated by dynamic finite element analysis and/or laboratory drop tests.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Facility Operations (NE-3)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1514899
- Report Number(s):
- INL/MIS--19-52941-Rev000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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