Investigation on the gamma sources integrity inside a dry pit storage

Abstract

One of the primary concerns in the operation of nuclear related facilities is the safety of the system. Worldwide publicity on a few nuclear accidents as well as the notorious Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing have always brought about public fear on anything related to nuclear. Thus, investigation and analysis on the safety system shall be continuously conducted to determine the safety condition of the facilities. In the early days, analytical and experimental methods were employed. However, this approach is limited to low risk experimentation. With the advancement of computer technology, specific computer codes were used to predict and analyse high risk safety issues such as the fall-out from a nuclear explosion or analysis of melt down occurrence in a reactor core. This paper discusses a prediction model on a gamma irradiation facility source pit which having failure on its air cooling system. The CFD model predicts the temperature of the gamma sources under such situation to determine its integrity.