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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
Tien-Ko Wang, Jun Hsin, Min Lee
Nuclear Technology | Volume 91 | Number 3 | September 1990 | Pages 287-296
Technical Paper | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT90-A34453
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A series of MAAP3.0 calculations was made with varying parameters to simulate a postulated large-break loss-of-coolant accident at the Kuosheng plant with a boiling water reactor-6 and MARK III containment. Analyses showed that uncertainties in the corematerial eutectic temperature and the degree of flow blockage will result in a large uncertainty in the predicted in-vessel hydrogen generation. The pressure variations caused by hydrogen burns, which are related to the preceding in- and ex-vessel hydrogen generation, may force some suppression-pool water into the pedestal cavity where most of the corium remains. This will further affect the possibility and the extent of corium/concrete interactions and thus the rate and the amount of ex-vessel hydrogen generation. Burns would occur at a very low hydrogen concentration if the compartment (gas) temperature were high and the flame temperature criteria were used for burn determination. If burns were to occur after containment failure, the hydrogen burns could have a significant impact on the release of fission product to the environment.