Source-Term and building-Wake Consequence Modeling for the Godiva IV Reactor at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Conference · Sun Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:762560

Letellier, B C; McClure, P; Restrepo, L

The objectives of this work were to evaluate the consequences of a postulated accident to onsite security personnel stationed near the facility during operations of the Godiva IV critical assembly and to identify controls needed to protect these personnel in case of an extreme criticality excursion equivalent to the design-basis accident (DBA). This paper presents the methodology and results of the source-term calculations, building ventilation rates, air concentrations, and consequence calculations that were performed using a multidisciplinary approach with several phenomenology models. Identification of controls needed to mitigate the consequences to near-field receptors is discussed.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 762560
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-99-2233; TRN: US0100132
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1999 Safety Analysis Workshop, Portland, OR (US), 06/13/1999--06/18/1999; Other Information: PBD: 13 Jun 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
ACCIDENTS
AIR
CRITICALITY
DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS
LANL
PERSONNEL
SAFETY ANALYSIS
SECURITY PERSONNEL
VENTILATION