The evaluation of the fire protection in hot cell facilities

Hot cell facilities shall be designed in such a way that the possibilities of fire and its effects are minimized, since it involves the release of radioactive material during a fire. In addition, the facilities should prevent fire and need a rapid fire detection and extinguish. In this paper, the design criteria and Codes and Standards as well as domestic and foreign regulations related to the fire protection were analyzed. In this paper, the regulations, standards, and guides related to the fire protection for the hot cell facilities are summarized. Based on the previous KAPF preliminary concept design, the fire protection capability of the headend process cell as evaluated using the fire load and the fire severity. It is also important to establish the fire protection system in compliance with the laws and standards, but it is important to establish a reasonable and optimized the fire protection plan through performance-based fire protection evaluation as previously described