Design and analysis of the Sandia Laboratories hot cell facility safety ventilation system
Sandia Laboratories has designed a Hot Cell Facility (HCF) to support a variety of experimental programs. This facility will provide an on site capability to conduct glove box experiments with irradiated samples having intermediate levels of radioactivity-2,000 Ci of fission products and 200 Ci of plutonium. The HCF uses a combination of existing and new construction to minimize costs and maximize usage of existing facilities. A new safety ventilation system has been designed to service the HCF. The ventilation system consists of three zones as required by the Plutonium Facilities General Design Criteria, Appendix 6301 (GDC). In conforming with this GDC, the HCF can accommodate several hundred Ci of plutonium while actual Sandia requirements are for 1--5 Ci. This dilemma is discussed and possible alternatives are suggested. The maximum credible accident for the HCF is a hypereze (liquid cutting compound) fire. A combination of experimental data and calculational procedures are used to define the fire environment, predict the impact on the ventilation system components and determine the overall system effectiveness in case of such an accident.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, N.Mex. (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(29-1)-789
- OSTI ID:
- 7353244
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-76-5231; CONF-760822-15; TRN: 76-021207
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 14. US ERDA air cleaning conference, Sun Valley, ID, USA, 2 Aug 1976
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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