Equipment survivability in hydrogen burns. [PWR; BWR]

Conference · Fri Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5953636

McCulloch, W H; Richards, E H; Aragon, J J

The primary near-term goal of the Hydrogen Burn Survival (HBS) Program(1) at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is to develop a method for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to use to analytically evaluate the survivability of safety-related equipment during a hydrogen burn. This method will be in the form of an algorithm that will be implemented on a desk top computer, and it will be supported by both experimental and analytical work relating to hydrogen burns. In addition to the algorithm the HBS program is concerned with developing an understanding of the hydrogen burn environment as it relates to component temperature response.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5953636
• Report Number(s): SAND-83-0868C; CONF-830816-21; ON: DE83016218
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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