Nuclear power plant electrical cable damageability experiments
Under the direction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Sandia National Laboratories has been conducting confirmatory research in fire protection for nuclear power plants. As a part of this research, a program was developed to determine the damageability of electrical-cable insulation to thermal radiation in a loaded cable tray. The critical flux or threshold level at which cable damage occurs in the form of electrical failure (short from conductor to tray) and nonpiloted ignition was determined for two types of electrical cable, one an IEEE-383 qualified cable and the other an unqualified cable. A program was also developed to determine the damageability of electrical-cable insulation to constant temperature, thermal exposure.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6607836
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-2927; SAND-82-0236; ON: DE83003734
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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