Published May 2008 | Version v1
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Heat removal verification tests of full-scale concrete casks under accident conditions

Creators

  • 1. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Backend Research Center, Civil Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 1646 Abiko, Abiko-shi, Chiba-ken 270-1194 (Japan)

Description

Heat removal verification tests using two kinds of full-scale concrete casks under accident conditions were performed. One is reinforced concrete cask and the other is concrete filled steel cask. From the test results, their safety on heat removal performance under accident conditions was confirmed. Accident conditions for the tests were partial (50%) and complete (100%) blockage of the air inlets. Because the shape of air flow area in the concrete casks are different between two types of the cask, it was found that the change of the temperature distribution and air flow pattern were different for each accident condition

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.03.035

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.03.035;
PII
S0029-5493(07)00248-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Engineering and Design
Journal Volume
238
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 1206-1212
ISSN
0029-5493
CODEN
NEDEAU

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40005524
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Descriptors DEI
ACCIDENTS; AIR; AIR FLOW; CASKS; HEAT; PERFORMANCE; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REMOVAL; SAFETY; SHAPE; STEELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VERIFICATION
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON ADDITIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONCRETES; CONTAINERS; ENERGY; FLUID FLOW; FLUIDS; GAS FLOW; GASES; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; MATERIALS; REINFORCED MATERIALS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.