Results of 1959 Nuclear Power Plant Containment Tests,

Abstract

The nuclear power plants which are being designed to operate on the pressurized or boiling water cycle all use some type of containment shell. This containment is designed to prevent escape of fission products which would be released by an accidental rupture of the reactor vessel or other pressurized equipment Such a break in the pressure system would result in release of steam and boiling water, possibly carrying with it fission products. The containment shells surrounding the reactors have been designed so that all of the boiling water could flash into lower pressure steam without exceeding the pressure for which the containment shell is designed. The main purpose of the tests which will be described in this paper is to demonstrate that the size of containment shells can be very materially reduced.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1960
Accession Number
ADA319066

Entities

People

  • Alf Kolflat

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold Water
  • Construction
  • Drops
  • Ejection
  • Fission Products
  • Flow
  • High Pressure
  • Internal Pressure
  • Jackets
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Pipes
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Steam Pipes
  • Test Equipment
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.