Criticality Accident Alarm System Modeling for the Uranium Processing Facility
- Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
The Criticality Accident Alarm System (CAAS) for the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) provides coverage for two primary processing facilities. For UPF, detailed documentation and drawings of the design are readily available. While this design information allows for some CAAS modeling features to match the actual design with a high level of accuracy, assumptions and simplifications are necessary as it is unrealistic and unnecessary to replicate many aspects of the design. A set of modeling guidelines and techniques were used to develop consistency between the MCNP6 models. While ensuring conservatism, overly conservative choices must be avoided to demonstrate the minimum accident of concern can be detected. To ensure proper modeling choices were made for the final models, a group of parametric studies were performed to evaluate the impact on the dose rates detected at the individual detectors. The results of UPF CAAS analyses show that the modeling assumptions made based on the detailed design and parametric studies are appropriate and demonstrate accurate yet conservative models have been developed for detecting minimum accident of concern within the UPF.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-NA0001942
- OSTI ID:
- 2324625
- Report Number(s):
- IROS82756
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICNC 2023 - The 12th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety, October 1st – 6th, 2023 in Sendai, Japan
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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