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Procedural development for nuclear waste canister impact testing

Author
Pulsipher, B. A.
Published
United States : [publisher not identified], 1985
Springfield, Va.: National Technical Information Service, [approximately 1985]
Physical Description
microfiche : negative ; 11 x 15 cm
Additional Creators
Scott, P. A.

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Summary
Double containment requirements for transporting nuclear waste in glass form are costly and may not be necessary for some waste forms. To allow single containment, a procedure for examining particle size distribution and the amount of respirable particles generated under accident conditions was needed. A statistically designed experiment was conducted to examine the effects of glass temperature, fill rate and canister drop orientation upon the amount of sub-ten micron particles generated under simulated accident conditions. Measuring such small particles is somewhat inaccurate because of material loss in handling. By assuming a lognormal particle size distribution, the amount of sub-ten micron particles was estimated from the results for the larger measurable particles. Analyses revealed no temperature or fill rate effect but indicated that the amount of respirable particles is affected by drop orientation. This led to identification of a worst case drop orientation to be used in qualification testing. 4 refs., 2 figs.
Report Numbers
DE85017895; PNL-SA-12952; CONF-8508115-3
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Collection
NTIS collection.
Note
DOE contract number: AC06-76RL01830
OSTI Identifier 5207707
Research organization: Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA).
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