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Title: Thermal Response of the 44-BWR Waste Package to a Hypothetical Fire Accident

Abstract

The purpose of this calculation is to determine the thermal response of the 44-boiling water reactor (BWR) waste package (WP) to the hypothetical regulatory fire accident. The objective is to calculate the temperature response of the waste package materials to the hypothetical short-term fire defined in 10 CFR 7 1, Section 73(c)(4), Reference 1. The scope of the calculation includes evaluation of the accident with the waste package above ground, at the Yucca Mountain surface facility. The scope of this calculation is limited to the two-dimensional waste package temperature calculations to support the waste package design. The information provided by the sketches attached to this calculation is that for the potential design of the type of WP considered in this calculation. In addition to the nominal design configuration thermal load case, the effects of varying the BWR thermal load are determined. The associated activity is the development of engineering evaluations to support the Licensing Application (LA) design activities.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
894318
Report Number(s):
CAL-UDC-TH-000004, Rev. 00
MOL.20010425.0001, DC# 27733; TRN: US0700408
DOE Contract Number:  
NA
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ACCIDENTS; CONFIGURATION; DESIGN; EVALUATION; LICENSING; WASTES; WATER; YUCCA MOUNTAIN

Citation Formats

Smotrel, J R, Marr, H, and Anderson, M J. Thermal Response of the 44-BWR Waste Package to a Hypothetical Fire Accident. United States: N. p., 2001. Web. doi:10.2172/894318.
Smotrel, J R, Marr, H, & Anderson, M J. Thermal Response of the 44-BWR Waste Package to a Hypothetical Fire Accident. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/894318
Smotrel, J R, Marr, H, and Anderson, M J. 2001. "Thermal Response of the 44-BWR Waste Package to a Hypothetical Fire Accident". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/894318. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/894318.
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title = {Thermal Response of the 44-BWR Waste Package to a Hypothetical Fire Accident},
author = {Smotrel, J R and Marr, H and Anderson, M J},
abstractNote = {The purpose of this calculation is to determine the thermal response of the 44-boiling water reactor (BWR) waste package (WP) to the hypothetical regulatory fire accident. The objective is to calculate the temperature response of the waste package materials to the hypothetical short-term fire defined in 10 CFR 7 1, Section 73(c)(4), Reference 1. The scope of the calculation includes evaluation of the accident with the waste package above ground, at the Yucca Mountain surface facility. The scope of this calculation is limited to the two-dimensional waste package temperature calculations to support the waste package design. The information provided by the sketches attached to this calculation is that for the potential design of the type of WP considered in this calculation. In addition to the nominal design configuration thermal load case, the effects of varying the BWR thermal load are determined. The associated activity is the development of engineering evaluations to support the Licensing Application (LA) design activities.},
doi = {10.2172/894318},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/894318}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2001},
month = {Thu Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2001}
}