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Solid Radioactive Waste Strategy Report.pdf - UK EPR

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<strong>EPR</strong> <strong>UK</strong><br />

N° NESH-G/2008/en/0123<br />

REV. A PAGE 225 / 257<br />

Tip over<br />

Tip over is postulated to occur during handling. Handling equipment will be interlocked to not<br />

exceed the maximum safe transfer speed.<br />

Fire<br />

The design will take into account all fire-related structural considerations, including increased<br />

pressures in the containment vessel, changes in material, stresses caused by different<br />

coefficient of thermal expansion and/or temperature in interacting materials in order to<br />

preserve the safety function of the storage system.<br />

The flask has been designed to withstand a fire caused by an aircraft fuel tanker releasing<br />

6000 litres of kerosene. This fire scenario is considered to be more severe than a fire of<br />

800°C lasting for 30 minutes.<br />

External events:<br />

Flooding<br />

The flask withstands loads from forces developed by the probable maximum flood<br />

including hydrostatic effects and dynamic phenomena.<br />

Earthquakes<br />

Flask systems shall be designed against a suite of vibratory ground motions, which<br />

together define the Design Basis Earthquake (DBE).<br />

Aircraft crashes<br />

Flask equipped with a dedicated cover is designed against an aircraft crash.<br />

Flask burial after over building collapse<br />

The safety functions of the flask shall be assured even assuming a complete collapse<br />

of the sheltering building onto the flask.<br />

The flask integrity and the heat removal conditions demonstrate that the consequences<br />

of collapse over building are acceptable when compared with those for other accident<br />

conditions.

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