3013 Inner Can Lid Leak Test System Development
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States); Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Contained in this report is a description of the 3013 inner container lid leak detection system, a listing of the data collected to validate the system and a statistical analysis of collected data. The 3013 Container Surveillance Program provides assessment criteria and evaluates 3013 containers selected from the storage inventory for potential degradation mechanisms. The 3013 outer container is the boundary credited to prevent release of material to the environment. The integrity of the outer container is only at risk if the inner container loses its seal and allows corrosive gases to diffuse into the outer container. To date, the determination of potential outer container exposure to corrosive gases has been through comparison of the gas analysis of the annular space and the inner container. If the two volumes have the same gas composition and pressure, then the inner container may have leaked. The leak detection system described in this report will provide a direct measurement of the integrity of the inner container, and if approved, will provide for the elimination of gas analysis. The inner container lid leak testing system consists of two basic parts: the Agilent leak testing instrument and the leak test fixture. The test fixture base provides the connection between the leak test instrument and the test sample. This connection allows helium to flow into the leak detector when a leak path exists in the test sample allowing leak measurement to be performed. The tests reported here were conducted in a cold lab using a configuration very similar, but not identical to, the configuration anticipated when installed in a glove box. A total of sixty-five leak rate measurements were made on 10 containers and the data is included in the report. The data analysis shows that the leak detection system can identify leaks in the lid, including the weld and heat affected zone of 3013 inner containers, during destructive examination. The measurements taken support that a 3013 IC lid with a leak rate value greater than 2.0 x 10-7 atm cc/sec will be identified using the leak test system prior to introduction into a glove box. These results from the baseline for future tests of the leak test system after it is installed in the glove box for use as part of surveillance DE.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States); Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-08SR22470
- OSTI ID:
- 1545504
- Report Number(s):
- SRNL--STI-2019-00392
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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