Acta Mechanica Slovaca 2014, 18(3):36-43 | DOI: 10.21496/ams.2014.029

Verification of Safety of Containers for Spent Nuclear Fuel by Thermal and Pressure Tests

František Trebuňa*, František Šimčák, Jozef Bocko, Miroslav Pástor, Peter Frankovský, Patrik Šarga
Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice

During safety verification of containers for transport spent nuclear fuel is useful to use a combination of experimental and numerical methods of mechanics. According to present regulations, they have to comply with prescribed tests realized on real containers or their models that have the same basic properties as evaluated object. In the paper are given experimental as well as numerical treatments for safety verification of containers under thermal and pressure loading together with presentation of reached results.

Keywords: Safe operation, container for transport of nuclear fuel, experimental and numerical methods of mechanics

Published: October 31, 2014  Show citation

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Trebuňa, F., Šimčák, F., Bocko, J., Pástor, M., Frankovský, P., & Šarga, P. (2014). Verification of Safety of Containers for Spent Nuclear Fuel by Thermal and Pressure Tests. Acta Mechanica Slovaca, 18(3-4), 36-43. doi: 10.21496/ams.2014.029
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