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Full-Scale Assembly 30 cm Drop Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2019

Elena Kalinina ,
Doug Ammerman ,
Carissa Grey ,
Gregg Flores ,
Sylvia Saltzstein  and
Nicholas Klymyshyn
Elena Kalinina*
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Doug Ammerman
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Carissa Grey
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Gregg Flores
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Sylvia Saltzstein
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Nicholas Klymyshyn
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States
*
*(Email: eakalin@sandia.gov)
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Abstract

Can Spent Nuclear Fuel withstand the shocks and vibrations experienced during normal conditions of transport? This question was the motivation for the multi-modal transportation test (MMTT) (Summer 2017), 1/3-scale cask 30 cm drop test (December 2018), and full-scale assembly 30 cm drop tests (June 2019). The full-scale ENSA ENUN 32P cask with 3 surrogate 17x17 PWR assemblies was used in the MMTT. The 1/3-scale cask was a mockup of this cask. The 30 cm drop tests provided the accelerations on the 1/3-scale dummy assemblies. These data were used to design full-scale assembly drop tests with the goal to quantify the strain fuel rods experience inside a cask when dropped from a height of 30 cm. The drop tests were first done with the dummy and then with the surrogate assembly. This paper presents the preliminary results of the tests.

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MRS Advances , Volume 5 , Issue 5-6: Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XLIII , 2020 , pp. 265 - 274
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019

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