Verification study of an emerging fire suppression system
Abstract
Self-contained fire extinguishers are a robust, reliable and minimally invasive means of fire suppression for gloveboxes. Moreover, plutonium gloveboxes present harsh environmental conditions for polymer materials; these include radiation damage and chemical exposure, both of which tend to degrade the lifetime of engineered polymer components. Several studies have been conducted to determine the robustness of selfcontained fire extinguishers in plutonium gloveboxes in a nuclear facility, verification tests must be performed. These tests include activation and mass loss calorimeter tests. In addition, compatibility issues with chemical components of the self-contained fire extinguishers need to be addressed. Our study presents activation and mass loss calorimeter test results. After extensive studies, no critical areas of concern have been identified for the plutonium glovebox application of Fire Foe™, except for glovebox operations that use large quantities of bulk plutonium or uranium metal such as metal casting and pyro-chemistry operations.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1249060
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1410748
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-15-29624
Journal ID: ISSN 1871-5532; PII: S1871553215001486
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Chemical Health and Safety
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Health and Safety; Journal ID: ISSN 1871-5532
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; Self-contained, fire extinguishers, glovebox, Plutonium, Verification Study
Citation Formats
Cournoyer, Michael E., Waked, R. Ryan, Granzow, Howard N., and Gubernatis, David C. Verification study of an emerging fire suppression system. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jchas.2015.12.007.
Cournoyer, Michael E., Waked, R. Ryan, Granzow, Howard N., & Gubernatis, David C. Verification study of an emerging fire suppression system. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2015.12.007
Cournoyer, Michael E., Waked, R. Ryan, Granzow, Howard N., and Gubernatis, David C. Fri .
"Verification study of an emerging fire suppression system". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2015.12.007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1249060.
@article{osti_1249060,
title = {Verification study of an emerging fire suppression system},
author = {Cournoyer, Michael E. and Waked, R. Ryan and Granzow, Howard N. and Gubernatis, David C.},
abstractNote = {Self-contained fire extinguishers are a robust, reliable and minimally invasive means of fire suppression for gloveboxes. Moreover, plutonium gloveboxes present harsh environmental conditions for polymer materials; these include radiation damage and chemical exposure, both of which tend to degrade the lifetime of engineered polymer components. Several studies have been conducted to determine the robustness of selfcontained fire extinguishers in plutonium gloveboxes in a nuclear facility, verification tests must be performed. These tests include activation and mass loss calorimeter tests. In addition, compatibility issues with chemical components of the self-contained fire extinguishers need to be addressed. Our study presents activation and mass loss calorimeter test results. After extensive studies, no critical areas of concern have been identified for the plutonium glovebox application of Fire Foe™, except for glovebox operations that use large quantities of bulk plutonium or uranium metal such as metal casting and pyro-chemistry operations.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jchas.2015.12.007},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Health and Safety},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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