Response of structures to energetic events for the Savannah River Site production reactors probabilistic risk assessment
- Science Applications International Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
The response of structures to energetic events postulated to arise in a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of a Savannah River Site (SRS) production reactor is addressed. Energetic events that arise in PRAs can damage structures and therefore have a significant influence on subsequent accident progression. Consequently, the structural response is important to the calculated risk of operating a plant. Difficulties are encountered, however, in the analysis of structural response of components to energetic loadings. First, the analysis of energetic events often does not provide well-defined static or dynamic loads acting on the structures. Secondly, risk assessments, by their nature, address a wide range of events that are not necessarily precisely defined. This paper describes an approach taken to develop the structural analysis required to support the PRA of the SRS production reactor, that overcomes these difficulties.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 6479918
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-92-262; CONF-930803-1; ON: DE93001612
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 12. biennial conference for the International Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Stuttgart (Germany), 16-20 Aug 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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