Thermal Cooling Limits of Sbotaged Spent Fuel Pools

doi:10.2172/992638

Title: Thermal Cooling Limits of Sbotaged Spent Fuel Pools

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To develop the understanding and predictive measures of the post “loss of water inventory” hazardous conditions as a result of the natural and/or terrorist acts to the spent fuel pool of a nuclear plant. This includes the thermal cooling limits to the spent fuel assembly (before the onset of the zircaloy ignition and combustion), and the ignition, combustion, and the subsequent propagation of zircaloy fire from one fuel assembly to others

Authors:: Dr. Thomas G. Hughes; Dr. Thomas F. Lin

Publication Date:: 2010-09-10

Research Org.:: The Pennsylvania State University

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 992638

Report Number(s):: DOE/ID/14769
TRN: US1007897

DOE Contract Number:: FG07-07ID14769

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; COMBUSTION; IGNITION; SPENT FUELS; ZIRCALOY; FUEL STORAGE POOLS; SABOTAGE; COOLING

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