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Title: Safety demonstration tests of hypothetical explosive burning in the cell and air ventilation system in a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

Abstract

This paper reports on a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant equipped with an air ventilation system consisting of cells, ducts, dampers, high-efficiency particulate air filters, and blowers. This ventilation system is required to have multiple safeguards in order to confine airborne radioactive materials within the plant in the event of fire, explosion, and criticality. To evaluate these safeguards, three kinds of explosive burning tests are performed using a large-scale facility simulating the ventilation system of a reprocessing plant. In the boilover test, an organic solvent is burned on a layer of water in a burning pan to determine the magnitude of the burning caused by the sudden boiling of the water under the solvent. The optimum conditions for boilover burning are determined by the relationship between the pan size and the ventilation rate.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Nakagun, Ibaraki-ken 319-11 (JP)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5671109
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Nuclear Technology; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95:3; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; AIR FILTERS; EFFICIENCY; BLOWERS; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; SAFETY; VENTILATION SYSTEMS; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; EXPLOSIVES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICULATES; PERFORMANCE TESTING; SPENT FUELS; ENERGY SOURCES; EQUIPMENT; FILTERS; FUELS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; PARTICLES; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; POWER PLANTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; TESTING; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; 054000* - Nuclear Fuels- Health & Safety; 050800 - Nuclear Fuels- Spent Fuels Reprocessing

Citation Formats

Nisio, G, Suzuki, M, and Mukaide, S. Safety demonstration tests of hypothetical explosive burning in the cell and air ventilation system in a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
Nisio, G, Suzuki, M, & Mukaide, S. Safety demonstration tests of hypothetical explosive burning in the cell and air ventilation system in a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. United States.
Nisio, G, Suzuki, M, and Mukaide, S. 1991. "Safety demonstration tests of hypothetical explosive burning in the cell and air ventilation system in a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant". United States.
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title = {Safety demonstration tests of hypothetical explosive burning in the cell and air ventilation system in a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant},
author = {Nisio, G and Suzuki, M and Mukaide, S},
abstractNote = {This paper reports on a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant equipped with an air ventilation system consisting of cells, ducts, dampers, high-efficiency particulate air filters, and blowers. This ventilation system is required to have multiple safeguards in order to confine airborne radioactive materials within the plant in the event of fire, explosion, and criticality. To evaluate these safeguards, three kinds of explosive burning tests are performed using a large-scale facility simulating the ventilation system of a reprocessing plant. In the boilover test, an organic solvent is burned on a layer of water in a burning pan to determine the magnitude of the burning caused by the sudden boiling of the water under the solvent. The optimum conditions for boilover burning are determined by the relationship between the pan size and the ventilation rate.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5671109}, journal = {Nuclear Technology; (United States)},
issn = {0029-5450},
number = ,
volume = 95:3,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991},
month = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991}
}