Published 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Evaluation of potential hydrogen detonation due to postulated hydrogen pipe breaks

  • 1. Gilbert/Commonwealth, Inc., Reading, PA (United States)

Description

This paper discusses a typical deterministic approach to address the hydrogen detonation issues contained in the U.S. NRC'c Commission's generic letter 93-06. This letter references a General Electric letter reported on under 10 CFR 21 regarding the potential for the rupture of a hydrogen supply line to the generator. Several BWR plants were evaluated

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Journal Volume
72
Journal Page Range
p. 226.
ISSN
0003-018X
CODEN
TANSAO

Conference

Title
Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
Dates
25-29 Jun 1995.
Place
Philadelphia, PA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27036506
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BWR TYPE REACTORS; EXPLOSIONS; FAILURES; HYDROGEN; REACTOR SAFETY
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; NONMETALS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-950601--.