Accident Analysis Approaches for a Postulated Large Fire in a Research and Development Laboratory
This paper describes accident analysis approaches (or strategies for success) for a postulated full-building fire affecting a large radiological laboratory building at Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) at Savannah River Site (SRS). SRTC management and the SRS Department of Energy (DOE) field office (the "owners" of the facility and its safety analysis) specified that innovative analysis approaches be employed to ensure calculated accident doses were not excessively conservative. A key analysis approach adopted for the 1998 SAR was to use reduced Airborne Release Fractions (ARFs) for much of the material at risk in the building (i.e., ARF values lower than the bounding values in the DOE handbook). The justification for use of these reduced ARF values was based in part on the diversity of inventories, equipment, and activities within the building. This paper describes accident analysis approaches (or strategies for success) for a postulated full-building fire affecting a large radiological laboratory building at SRTC at SRS. This deterministic accident analysis was performed in support of a Safety Analysis Report (SAR) meeting requirements of DOE Order 5480.23, and following guidance in DOE-STD-3009-93.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-96SR18500
- OSTI ID:
- 7969
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-99-00074; ON: DE00007969
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1999 Safety Analysis Working Group Workshop, Portland, OR (USA), 13-18 Jun 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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