Fire behavior and filter plugging during a postulated solvent fire in the extraction process of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Nuclear Technology; (United States)

OSTI ID:6447948

Hashimoto, Kazuichiro; Nishio, Gunji; Soda, Kunihisa ^[1]

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1. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Ibarakiken (Japan)

A solvent fire in the extraction process of a fuel reprocessing plant is postulated. Because of the high concentration of fission products and large amount of nuclear fuel materials in the extraction process, it is necessary to demonstrate that these radioactive materials can be confined by the air ventilation system during a solvent fire. Large-scale tests are performed in a fire/filter facility to evaluate the effectiveness of a ventilation system including high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters to confine radioactive materials. It is demonstrated that the integrity of the filters in the ventilation factor of HEPA filters for smoke particles, which might contain radioactive materials, is sufficiently high during a postulated solvent fire.

• OSTI ID: 6447948
• Journal Information: Nuclear Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Nuclear Technology; (United States) Vol. 101:2; ISSN 0029-5450; ISSN NUTYBB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ACCIDENTS
AEROSOLS
AIR FILTERS
CLEANING
COLLOIDS
CONTAINMENT
DECONTAMINATION
DISPERSIONS
EQUIPMENT
EXTRACTION
FILTERS
FIRES
FISSION PRODUCTS
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
ISOTOPES
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PARTICLES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SOLVENTS
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
VENTILATION SYSTEMS