HNPF spent-fuel-cask temperature response: torch impinging on water-filled neutron shield
Full-scale experimental measurements from torch test number one (torch impinging in the center of cask) including descriptions of the instrumentation designed to obtain the data, are presented for the modified HNPF spent nuclear fuel shipping cask. This test simulates a situation in which the relief valve of a liquified gas tank railcar has been opened and the contents are vented and ignited so that the resultant torch impinges on the cask. The modified HNPF cask instrumentation, geometry and materials are discussed. Temperature data throughout the cask are presented. Measured temperatures on the corrugated outer jacket surface, within the neutron shield, on the carbon steel shell, on the inner stainless steel shell and near the cask head closure seals are presented.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 5223742
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-82-0704; ON: DE82014349
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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