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IAEA’s nuclear security center offers hands-on training
In the past year and a half, the International Atomic Energy Agency has established the Nuclear Security Training and Demonstration Center (NSTDC) to help countries strengthen their nuclear security regimes. The center, located at the IAEA’s Seibersdorf laboratories outside Vienna, Austria, has been operational since October 2023.
Atsuhiko Terada, Ryuji Nagaishi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 197 | Number 4 | April 2023 | Pages 647-659
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2022.2126689
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To understand the dispersion of hydrogen (H2) leaked in a partially open space practically, which can be considered as a basic model for all processes of transfer, treatment, storage, and disposal of radioactive materials containing fuel debris in the decommissioning of nuclear facilities after a severe accident, this paper uses a computational fluid dynamics code to study analytically the effects of vent size and outer wind on H2 dispersion. The paper adopts the experimental Hallway model, which has a H2 release hole on the ceiling, one vent on the roof (Roof vent), and one vent on the side (Door vent). Air flows in the model (room) from the Door vent while H2 is discharged outside from the Roof vent. The discharged (outflow) amount of H2 increases in conjunction with the air inflow when the size of the Roof and/or Door vents is increased, and then vice versa. The effect of wind depends on the direction to the Door vent: Wind from the same direction as the Door vent promotes H2 discharge while wind from the opposite direction suppresses it. The dispersion behavior characteristics of indoor leaked H2 are clarified for comparing model tests with the same Froude number and different scales. It is found from the analysis results of comparing model tests with the same Froude number and different scales that when H2 leaks into the room and diffuses to the air, the flow generated by the buoyancy of mixed gas creates the stack effect, which causes natural ventilation by drawing in air from the outside through the vent. In addition, it is speculated that the H2 concentration decreases after its leak by quickly mixing with air that flows in from the vents and reaches the floor due to the Coanda effect, which is the effect of the free jet being drawn to a nearby wall.