Wind/Tornado Guidelines Study

Conference · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5763964

Ng, D S; Holman, G S

This report documents the strategy employed to develop recommended wind/tornado hazard design guidelines for a New Production Reactor (NRP) currently planned for either the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) or the Savannah River (SR) site. The Wind/Tornado Working Group (WTWG), comprising six nationally recognized experts in structural engineering, wind engineering, and meteorology, formulated an independent set of guidelines based on site-specific wind/tornado hazard curves and state-of-the-art tornado missile technology. The basic philosophy was to select realistic wind and missile load specifications, and to meet performance goals by applying conservative structural response evaluation and acceptance criteria. Simplified probabilistic risk analyses (PRAs) for wind speeds and missile impact were performed to estimate annual damage risk frequencies for both the INEL and SR sites. These PRAs indicate that the guidelines will lead to facilities that meet the US Department of Energy (DOE) design requirements and that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidelines adopted by the DOE for design are adequate to meet the NPR safety goals.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5763964
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-108907; CONF-9110122-18; ON: DE92007302
• Resource Relation: Conference: Natural phenomena hazards mitigation conference, St. Louis, MO (United States), 15-18 Oct 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION
TORNADOES
HAZARDS
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