Projected Source Terms for Potential Sabotage Events Related to Spent Fuel211 Shipments

摘要

Two major studies, one sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the other211u001eby the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, were conducted in the late 1970s and 211u001eearly 1980s to provide information and source terms for an optimally successful 211u001eact of sabotage on spent fuel casks typical of those available for use. This 211u001ereport applies the results of those studies and additional analysis to derive 211u001epotential source terms for certain classes of sabotage events on spent fuel casks 211u001eand spent fuel typical of those which could be shipped in early decades of the 211u001e21st century. In addition to updating the cask and spent fuel characteristics 211u001eused in the anaysis, two release mechanisms not included in the earlier works 211u001ewere identified and evaluated.