Identification of potential safety-related incidents applicable to a breeder fuel reprocessing plant

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5267192

Perkins, W. C.

The current emphasis on safety in all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle requires that safety features be identified and included in designs of nuclear facilities at the earliest possible stage. A popular method for the early identification of these safety features is the Preliminary Hazards Analysis. An extension of this analysis is to illustrate the nature of a hazard by its effects in accident situations, that is, to identify what are called safety-related incidents. Some useful tools are described which have been used at the Savannah River Laboratory, SRL, to make Preliminary Hazards Analyses as well as safety analyses of facilities for processing spent nuclear fuels from both power and production reactors. These tools have also been used in safety studies of waste handling operations at the Savannah River Plant. The tools are the SRL Incidents Data Bank and the What If meeting. The application of this methodology to a proposed facility which has breeder fuel reprocessing capability, the Hot Experimental Facility (HEF) is illustrated.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5267192
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-80-3; CONF-800901-3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BREEDER REACTORS
ENERGY SOURCES
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
FUELS
HAZARDS
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR FUELS
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTORS
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RISK ASSESSMENT
SAFETY
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPENT FUELS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
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