Protection against Malevolent Use of Vehicles at Nuclear Power Plants: Vehicle Barrier System Siting Guidance for Blast Protection. Volume 1, Revision 1,

Abstract

This manual provides for determining the minimum safe standoff distance between vital safety related equipment and the design basis vehicle bomb threat adopted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Vital safety related equipment should survive the design basis vehicle bomb attack when the minimum safe standoff distance is provided. Guidance is provided for exposed vital safety related equipment and for equipment housed within vital area barriers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA325232

Entities

People

  • D. T. Nebuda

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Civil Engineering
  • Commerce
  • Concrete
  • Engineers
  • Explosives
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Law
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Standoff
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Materials Science
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.