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HYDROGEN CONCENTRATIONS DURING STORAGE OF 3013 OXIDE SAMPLES [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2011.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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United States. Department of Energy. Savannah River Site, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
As part of a surveillance program intended to ensure the safe storage of plutonium bearing nuclear materials in the Savannah River Site (SRS) K-Area Materials Storage (KAMS), samples of these materials are shipped to Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) for analysis. These samples are in the form of solids or powders which will have absorbed moisture. Potentially flammable hydrogen gas is generated due to radiolysis of the moisture. The samples are shipped for processing after chemical analysis. To preclude the possibility of a hydrogen deflagration or detonation inside the shipping containers, the shipping times are limited to ensure that hydrogen concentration in the vapor space of every layer of confinement is below the lower flammability limit of 4 volume percent (vol%). This study presents an analysis of the rate of hydrogen accumulation due to radiolysis and calculation of allowable shipping times for typical KAMS materials.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:srns-sti-2011-00155
srns-sti-2011-00155
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Published through SciTech Connect.
03/14/2011.
"srns-sti-2011-00155"
2011 ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference.
Hensel, S.; Askew, N.; Laurinat, J.
Funding Information
DE-AC09-08SR22470
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