NRC Draft NUREG Comment Request
NRC 12-24 Newhall Pass Fire Study NUREG draft.pdf
On December 24, 2015 (80 FR 80402), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice in the federal register requesting comments on draft NUREG/ CR–7207, “Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the Newhall Pass Fire Scenario.” This report presents analyses that were performed to examine the hypothetical effects on a spent fuel transportation package from conditions during the Newhall Pass accident in 2007. The analyses undertaken include FDS fire modeling, physical examination of material samples, ANSYS and COBRA-SFS code thermal modeling of a GA-4 package, and fuel performance modeling using the FRAPTRAN-1.4, FRAPCON-3.4, and DATING codes. The estimated release from the hypothetical scenario is below the prescribed limit for safety. Please submit comments by February 22, 2016.
