- Author
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DeClue, J. F.
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Moses, S. D.
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Tollefson, D. A.
- Title
- Preliminary Data Evaluation for Thermal Insulation Characterization Testing.
- Coporate
- Ralph M. Parsons Co., Pasadena, CA
Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, TN
- Sponsor
- Department of Energy, Washington, DC
- Report
-
Y/LF-336-Abst,
January 4, 1991,
4 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- DOE-CONTRACT-DE-AC05-84OR21400
- Book or Conf
- American Nuclear Society. Annual Meeting, 1991. June 2-6, 1991,
Orlando, FL,
1991
- Keywords
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thermal insulation
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evaluation
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safety
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water
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density effects
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hydrogen
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fire tests
- Abstract
- The purpose of Thermal Insulation Characterization Testing is to provide physical data to support certain assumptions and calculational techniques used in the critically safety calculations in Section 6 of the Safety Analysis Reports for Packaging (SARPs) for drum-type packaging for Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, managed by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. In Y-12 Plant SARP calculational models, water was used to simulate the thermal insulation. A water density was calculated which provides an amount of hydrogen equivalent to the hydrogen content of the insulation material. The insulation mass loss for the hypothetical accident (fire-test) condition has been estimated from photographs of the damaged insulation to be at 50-60% (approximately double the value observed in the single available mass loss measurement). A reduced amount of thermal insulation as simulated by the low density water was smeared out in the region between the inner container and drum.