Published June 1980 | Version v1
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Probabilistic safety analysis for shipping liquefied petroleum gas in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant

Creators

  • 1. NUS Corp., Rockville, MD

Description

A probabilistic safety analysis has been performed for truck and rail transportation of liquefied petroleum gas (PG) in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant. Site-specific truck and rail accident data were combined with nationwide commodity-specific data to give a spill probability representative of local conditions. This information was used with cloud formation and atmospheric dispersion models to determine both the annual probability of excessive overpressure at plant structures and the annual probability of a flammable gas mixture at plant air intakes. Results are presented as a function of overpressure and plant-to-transportation route distance

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Thermal reactor safety
Journal Page Range
p. 1281-1288.
Report number
CONF-800403--(Vol.2)

Conference

Title
ANS thermal reactor safety meeting.
Dates
8 - 11 Apr 1980.
Place
Knoxville, TN, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12573542
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCIDENTS; BWR TYPE REACTORS; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PRESSURE GRADIENTS; PROBABILITY; PWR TYPE REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; REACTORS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS