Aerospace Safety Program (Summary Report)

Technical Report · Mon Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 1973

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4410533· OSTI ID:4410533

Otter, J. M. ^[1]; Buttrey, K. E. ^[1]; Johnson, R. P. ^[1]

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1. Atomics International, Canoga Park, CA (United States)

Projects in support of the Aerospace Nuclear Safety Program are summarized. The objective of the program was to evaluate the radiological safety of SNAP systems and to develop methods and designs to assure that safety. Projects summarized are analyses and experiments for determining: (1) the disintegration of reactors reentering the atmosphere; (2) the burnup of fuel elements reentering the atmosphere, including ablation and dispersal of particles; (3) reactor criticality conditions and the assurance of subcriticality in water; (4) the behavior of reactors in transient power operation; (5) the nuclear behavior of reactors on impact with the earth and in handling accidents; (6) the assurance of shutdown at the end of the power production lifetime; (7) risks by various exposure modes from different methods of reactor disposal; and (8) thermophysical properties of SNAP fuel materials.

• Research Organization: North American Aviation, Inc., Canoga Park, CA (United States). Atomics International Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(04-3)-701
• NSA Number: NSA-29-004517
• OSTI ID: 4410533
• Report Number(s): AI-AEC-13100
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
*REACTOR SAFETY- RESEARCH PROGRAMS
*SNAP REACTORS- REACTOR SAFETY
RADIATION PROTECTION
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTOR KINETICS
SAFETY ENGINEERING
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Disintegration
Fuel Elements
Reactor Criticality
Power Operation
Reactor Disposal
SNAP