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FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL
卷 141, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.103916
关键词
Radionuclide fires; Tritium hazards; Facility safety; Operations safety; CFD
This paper investigates the conversion fraction of tritium to the water form in a fire scenario, which is one of the key metrics for radiological safety assessments. Measurements of oxidation rates for non-radioactive hydrogen isotopes are used to extrapolate a model suitable for tritium. CFD simulations demonstrate the significant impact of accurate kinetic models on the simulated conversion outcome.
The fraction of tritium converted to the water form in a fire scenario is one of the metrics of greatest interest for radiological safety assessments. The conversion fraction is one of the prime variables contributing to the hazard assessment. This paper presents measurements of oxidation rates for the non-radioactive hydrogen isotopes (protium and deuterium) at sub-flammable concentrations that are typical of many of the most likely tritium release scenarios. These measurements are fit to a simplified 1-step kinetic rate expression, and the isotopic trends for protium and deuterium are extrapolated to produce a model appropriate for tritium. The effects of the new kinetic models are evaluated via CFD simulations of an ISO-9705 standard room fire that includes a trace release of hydrogen isotope (tritium), illustrating the high importance of the correct (measurement-based) kinetics to the outcome of the simulated conversion.
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