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July 1987
/eascoqe U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Division 7 q,
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1 DRAFT REGULATORY GUIDE AND VALUE/ IMPACT STATEMENT
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Contact:
H. Graves (301) 443-7862 PROPOSED REVISION 1* TO REGULATORY GUIDE 7.8 LOAD COMBINATIONS FOR THE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF SHIPPING CASKS FOR IRRADIATED FUEL A.
INTRODUCTION 3
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Section 71.71, " Normal Conditions of Transport," and $t4cn 1.73,
" Hypothetical Accident Conditions," of 10 CFR Part 71, " a ' ',i and Transporta-tion of Radioactive Material," describe normal conditi transport and hypothetical accident conditions that produce therm
' ec anical loads that serve as the structural design bases for the packa in adioactive material for transport.
Initial conditions must be assumed befo ses can be performed to f
evaluate the response of structural system Q scribed loads. This regula-tory guide presents the initial conditiops t are considered acceptable by the NRC staff for use in the structural gpsofTypeBpackagesusedto transport irradiated nuclear fuel irl-e ntiguous United States.
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fmentionedinthisdraftregulatory guide are contained as requirements in 0 CFR Part 71, which provides the regulatory basis for this guide. The information collection requirements in 10 CFR Part 71 have been c p under 0MB Clearance No. 3150-0008.
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B.
DISCUSSION To ensure safe structural behavior of shipping casks used to transport irradiated nuclear fuel, specific load conditions must be established that will encompass the static, dynamic, and thermal loadings that may be experienced by the casks during transport.
This regulatory guide presents initial conditions that can be used in addition to parts of SS 71.71 and 71.73 of Part 71 to fully delineate thermal and mechanical load combinations for purposes of structural analysis. This guide should be used in conjunction with Regulatory Guide 7.6,
" Design Criteria for the Structural Analysis of Shipping Cask Containment Vessels," for the analytic structural evaluation of the heavy (i.e., weighing several tons) casks used to transport irradiated nuclear fuel.
Regulatory Position 1.1 of this guide addresses initial environmental con-ditions.
The external thermal environmental limits for which a shipping cask must be designed are stated in 6 71.71 as being 100 F (38 C) in direct sunlight and -40 F (-40 C) in shade. The regulations specify that these two normal con-l-
ditions are to be applied separately from the other normal conditions.
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other conditions of S 71.71 and for the hypothetical accident conditions, this guide presents a range of ambient temperatures from -20 F (-29 C) to 100*F (38 C) as a part of the initial conditions.
In the contiguous United States, there is a 99.7 percent probability that any hourly temperature reading will fall within this range.1 Regulatory Position 1.3 addresses initial pressure conditions. The pressure inside the to Ynment vessels and neutron shields of irradiated fuel shipping casks depends on several factors.
These factors include prepressurization of the vessels, the cask temperature distributions associated with the ambient temperatures and the decay heat of the fuel rods, and any gas leakage from the fuel rods.
Regulatory Position 1.5 addresses the possibility that fabrication and installation stresses may result during cask construction. These stresses depend on many different processes and should be considered when evaluating the casks.
Regulatory Position 1.6 states that the values for initial conditions given in'this guide are maximums or minimums.
However, intermediate values could 2M. B. Gens, The Transportation and Handling Environment, SD-DC-72-1386, Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 1972.
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possibly create a more limiting case for some cask designs.
For example, a seal design might be more susceptible to leakage at a pressure less than the maximum internal pressure, or a local structural response might be greater during an impact test if the weight of the contents were less than the maximum.
Sections 71.71 and 71.73 of Part 71 outline requirements for packages used to transport Type B quantities of radioactive materials. However, some of these requirements do not pertain to irradiated fuel shipping casks because of the massiveness of the casks or because the requirements are not structurally sig-(
nificant to cask design.
Casks that are designed to transport one or more com-mercial fuel assemblies weigh many tons because of the large quantities of structural and shielding materials used.
This massiveness causes a shipping cask to have a slow thermal response to sudden external temperature changes k __
such as those that might be produced by quenching after a thermal exposure.
The NRC staff feels that the water immersion test of S 71.73 and the water spray test of S 71.71 are not significant in the structural design of large casks.
Therefore, they are not discussed in this guide. (Note, however, that these conditions may be significant to criticality and other nonstructural aspects of cask design.)
Similarly, the corner drop and the compression tests of S 71.71 are not discussed because they pertain only to lightweight packages.
The penetration test of S 71.71 is not considered by the NRC staff to have structural signif-icance for large shipping casks (except for unprotected valves and rupture disks) and will not be considered as a general requirement.
C.
REGULATORY POSITION The load conditions given here are considered acceptable to the NRC staff for use in the analytical structural evaluation of shipping casks used to trans-port Type B quantities of irradiated nuclear fuels.
Table 1 lists the load combinations that should be used.
Analyses should combine the initial condi-tions with both the normal conditions and the hypothetical accident conditions.
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Table 1 Summary of Load Combinations for Normal and Hypothetical Accident Conditions of Transport Applicable Initial Condition Ambient Internal Fabrication Temperature Insolation Decay Heat
. Pressure 2 Stresses 8 100 F
-20 F Max.2 Zero Max.
Zero Max.
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NORMAL CONDITIONS (Analyze Separately)
Hot environment -
100 F ambient temp.
X X
X X
Cold environment -
-40 F ambient temp.
X X
X X
Increased external pressure - 20 psia X
X X
X X
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f Minimum external pressure 0.25 atm.
X X
X X
X Vibration and shock 4 normally X
X X
X X
incident to the mode of transport X
X X
X X
Free drop -
X X
X X
X 1-foot drop X
X X
X X
ACCIDENT CONDITIONS (Apply sequentially)
Free drop -
X X
X X
X 30-foot drop X
X X
X X
Puncture -
X X
X X
X drop onto bar X
X X
X X
Thermal 5 l-fire accident X
X X
X X
15ee Regulatory Position 1.1.
2See Regulatory Positions 1.3 and 1.4.
l 3See Regulatory Position 1.5.
4See Regulatory Position 2.5, " Vibration and f atigue."
5 Evaluations should be made 30 minutes after start of fire and at postfire steady-state conditions.
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General Initial Conditions To Be Used for Both Normal and Hypothetical Accident Conditions 1.1.
All initial cask temperature distributions should be considered to be at a steady state.
The normal and hypothetical accident conditions should be considered to have initial conditions of ambient temperature at -20 F (-29 C) with no insolation and of ambient temperature at 100 F (38 C) with maximum insolation.
Insolation should be in accordance with paragraph 71.71(c)(1).
Exceptions to the above are made for the cold environment normal condition (which uses -40 F) and for the thermal accident condition (which considers the higher thermal initial condition but not the lower one).
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The decay heat of the irradiated fuel should be considered as part of the initial conditions.
Generally, the maximum amount of decay heat should be considered for the hot environment and no decay heat should be considered for the cold environment.
These conditions should include the insolation considera-tions of Regulatory Position 1.1.
In addition, the free-drop and vibration parts of the normal conditions and the free-drop and puncture parts of the accident conditions should consider the cases of maximum decay heat with an ambient temperature of 100 F (38 C) and of no decay heat with an ambient tem-perature of -20 F (-29 C).
1.3.
The internal pressure used in evaluating normal and hypothetical accident conditions should be consistent with the other initial conditions that are being consioered. Minimum internal pressure should be taken as atmospheric or, for designs where internal pressures are less than atmospheric, the appro-priate negative value.
1.4.
For commercial nuclear power plant fuels, the release of all the pressurized gases inside the fuel assemblies should be considered in determining the maximum resultant containment vessel pressure.
1.5.
Fabrication 2 and installation stresses used in evaluating transporta-tion loadings should be consistent with the joining, forming, fitting, and 2 Fabrication means the assembly of the major components of the casks (i.e., the inner shell, shielding, outer shell, heads, etc.) but not the construction of the individual components.
Thus, the phrase fabrication stresses includes the stresses caused by interference fits and the shrinkage of bonded lead shielding L
during solidification but does not include the residua' stresses due to plate x
formation, welding, etc.
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aligning processes empicyed during the construction of casks.
Unless subsequent steps are taken to eliminate these stresses, they should be considered in deter-mining the maximum resultant vessel stress.
1.6.
It is the intent of this guide to specify discrete initial conditions that will produce bounding cases of structural response.
Maximum or minimum values of initial conditions are given.
However, if a larger structural response is suspected for an initial condition that is not an extreme (e.g., an ambient temperature between -20 F (-29 C) and 100 F (38 C)), intermediate initial con-ditions or other combinations of initial conditions should also be considered in the structural analysis.
2.
Normal Conditions of Transport Each of the following normal conditions of transport is to be applied separately to determine its effect on the fuel cask.
These normal conditions are also to be combined with all the initial conditions as shown in Table 1.
2.1.
Hot environment - The cask should be structurally evaluated for an ambient temperature of 100 F (38 C) in still air and with maximum insolation (see Regulatory Position 1.1). If the cask has mechanically operated auxiliary cooling systems, these systems should be considered to be inoperable during the hot environment condition.
2.2.
Cold environment - The cask should be evaluated for an ambient tem-perature of -40 F (-40 C) in still air and with no insolation. The case of no internal heat load and minimum internal pressure should be considered. The pos-sibility and consequence of coolant freezing should also be considered.
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Increased external pressure - The cask should be evaluated for an external pressure of 20 psia (140 kilopascal).
2.4.
Minimum external pressure - The cask should be evaluated for an external pressure of 3.5 psia (24.5 kilopascal).
2.5.
Vibration and fatique - The cask should be evaluated for the shock and vibration environment normally incident to transport.
This environment includes the vibratory motion produced by small excitations to the cask-vehicle system and also intermittent shock loads produced by coupling, switching, etc.,
in rail transport and by bumps, potholes, etc., in truck transport.
Repeated pressurization loads and any other loads that may contribute to mechanical fatigue of the cask should be considered.
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Factors that may contribute to thermal fatigue should also be considered.
These factors should include the thermal transients encountered in the loading and unloading of irradiated nuclear fuel from the cask and any restraint against thermal expansion that may be provided by the tiedown system.
Although there are a number of different load combinations that could occur during normal transport and for which separate fatigue analyses may be performed, this evaluation should be based on the most unfavorable initial conditions for the specific design consistent with a credible spectrum representing the life-cycle for normal shock and vibration environments.
Table 1 identifies the cases that the staff believes are the most unfavorable.
2.6.
Free drop - The cask (assuming a weight of over 30,000 pounds k
(13,600 kg)) should be evaluated for a 1-foot free drop onto a flat unyielding surface; it should strike the surface in a position that is expected to inflict maximum damage. Impacts with maximum and minimum weights of contents should be considered.
3.
Hypothetical Accident Conditions The following hypothetical accident conditions are to be applied sequen-tially to the same cask in the order indicated (dropped, then punctured, then exposed to fire) to determine the maximum cumulative effect.
These hypothet-ical accident conditions are also to be combined with the initial conditions as shown in Table 1.
3.1.
Free drop - The cask should be evaluated for a free drop through a distance of 30 feet (9 m) onto a flat unyielding horizontal surface. It should strike the surface in a position that is expected to inflict maximum damage.
Impacts with the maximum and minimum weights of contents should be considered.
In determining which position causes maximum damage, applicants should consider impact orientations in which the cask strikes the impact surface on its top end, top corner, side, bottom end, and bottom corner and the center of gravity of the cask is directly over the point of impact.
If the design of the cask is such that an intermediate oblique orientation could be more damaging, the applicant should also evaluate the impact of the cask in those orientations.
These latter evaluations should include impacting on appurtenances that are part of the cask design such as those used for handling, tiedown, or for other functions during transport.
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3.2.
Puncture - The cask should be evaluated for a free drop of 40 inches (1 m) onto a stationary and vertical mild steel bar of 6 inches (0.15 m) diameter with its top edge rounded to a radius of not more than 0.25 inch (6 mm).
The bar should be of such a length as to cause maximum damage to the cask; however, it should not be less than 8 inches (0.2 m) long. The cask should hit the bar in a position that is expected to inflict maximum damage, and impacts with maxi-mum and minimum weights of contents should be considered.
3.3.
Thermal - The cask should be evaluated for a thermal condition in which the whole cask is exposed to a radiation environment of 1,475'F (800 C) with cn emissivity coefficient of 0.9 for 30 minutes.
The surface absorption coefficient of the cask should be considered to be 0.8.
The structural response of the cask should be considered up to the time when the temperature distribu-tions reach steady state.
The possibility and consequence of the loss of fluid from the neutron shield tank should be considered for casks that use this design feature.
Table 1 summarizes the loading combinations given above.
D.
IMPLEMENTATION The purpose of this section is to provide information to applicants and licensees regarding the NRC staff's plans for using this regulatory guide.
This draft guide has been released to encourage public participation in its development.
Except in those cases in which an applicant proposes an acceptable alternative method for complying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations, the methods to be described in the active guide reflecting public comments will be used by the NRC staff in evaluating applica-l tions for new package designs and request: for existing package designs to be designated as Type B packages.
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DRAFT REGULATORY ANALYSIS s
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS ES The trend toward larger and more complex designs for shipping casks used to transport Type B quantities of irradiated nuclear fuel has made test pro-cedures to judge the structural integrity of such casks impractical.
Before an analytic structural assessment of a shipping cask can be made, it is necessary to state conditions that encompass the likely and extreme transport and handling loads so that these conditions can serve as design bases.
The standard set of normal conditions and hypothetical accident conditions in Regulatory Guide 7.8 were issued in May 1977 and are now inadequate for use in the structured analysis of shipping casks.
Sections 71.71 and 71.73 of 10 CFR Part 71 identify normal conditions of transport and hypothetical accident conditions for all Type B packages.
An IAEA standard (Safety Series No. 6),* was developed chiefly for test procedures, and although these procedures will serve as the foundation for analytic design bases, some modifications must be made.
Information about ambient temperatures, internal heat loads, internal pressures, and other shipping cask conditions are not given in detail in the regulations or the IAEA standard and must be supplied for structural analysis.
2.
OBJECTIVES The objective is to update the regulatory guide to expedite the licensing process by-establishing and making available to applicants a detailed set of load conditions that are considered adequate by the staff for use in the struc-tural analyses of shipping casks.
The guide would document current licensing positions that heretofore varied from case to case.
- " Regulations for the Safe Transportation of Radioactive Materials," Safety
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Series 6, 1973 Edition (as amended), International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
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ALTERNATIVES O
The alternative is to issue no guidance, but to inform applicants and licensees about the proposed guidance on an individual basis as interchanges occur between applicants and licensees and the staff during the review process.
4.
CONSEQUENCES While the normal and hypothetical accident conditions of 10 CFR Part 71 and the IAEA Safety Standard are essentially the same, the IAEA Standard makes the additional statement that "the package is in equilibrium at an ambient temperature of 100 F (38'C) at the beginning of the tests." A range of ambient temperatures from -20 F (-29'C) to 100 F (38*C) should be considered to better reflect expected transport conditions.
Since the updated guide is intended for use with analytic methods rather than test methods, the consideration of the stated temperature range will not have an unreasonable cost impact.
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DECISION RATIONALE O
An updated Regulatory Guide 7.8 would outline the normal and hypothetical accident conditions that are considered acceptable to the NRC staff for the analytic assessment of the structural integrity of shipping casks. The condi-tions of SS 71.71 and 71.73 of 10 CFR Part 71 would be presented along with addi-tional information concerning ambient temperatures, solar radiation, weight of contents, internal pressure and temperature, and cask orientation during the impact conditions.
In light of the above discussion, it is concluded that Regulatory Guide 7.8 should be revised to inform applicants and licensees of the current staff posi-tion regarding the criteria for load combinations for structural analysis of casks in order to reduce review time and expedite the design process.
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IMPLEMENTATION The revised Regulatory Guide 7.8 will be used by the staff in evaluating all new container designs received af ter the final guide is issued.
Licensees and applicants may use the guide in discussions with the staff on currently pending applications or modifications to existing container designs designated Type B.
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