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HYDROGEN GENERATION AND BLANKETING ASSESSMENT FOR SEVERE ACCIDENTS

Award Information
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 1821
Amount: $184,380.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
836 Claire View St
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
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Business Contact
 DR. AUGUST W. CRONEBERG
Title: PRESIDENT
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

THE ACCIDENT AT TMI DEMONSTRATED THAT LARGE QUANTITIES OF HYDROGEN CAN BE GENERATED AS A RESULT OF ZIRCONIUM-STEAM OXIDATION REACTION, WHICH POSES A HYDROGEN BURN THREAT IN LWR CONTAINMENTS. THE RATES AT WHICH THE CORE HEATS UP AND WHICH HYDROGEN IS GENERATED DEPENDS UPON THE ZIRONIUM-STEAM REACTION RATE, WHICH IN TURN IS INFLUENCED BY LOCAL STEAM SMSTARVATION AND HYDROGEN BLANKETING EFFECTS. THE PURP0SE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PERFORM A SYNTHESIZED ANALYSIS OF RECENT PBF, NRU, AND ACRR TEST DATA IN TERMS OF HYDROGEN GENERATION AND ITS BLANKETING EFFECT ON THE REACTION PROCESS. SUCH WORK IS IN SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH TOADVANCE ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY ON FUEL ASSEMBLY BEHAVIOR FOR SEVERE ACCIDENTS, AND ASSESS THE NEED FOR AND DESIGN LIMITS OF CONTAINMENT HYDROGEN CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE POWER PLANTS.

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