A Review of Criticality Accidents A Review of Criticality Accidents
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Table 9. Reconstruction <strong>of</strong> Accident Geometry and Material Configurations<br />
58<br />
ACCIDENT GEOMETRY MATERIAL Estimated<br />
No. Site and Date Vessel Shape<br />
1 Mayak (R.F.)<br />
15-03-53<br />
2 Mayak (R.F.)<br />
21-04-57<br />
3 Mayak (R.F.)<br />
02-01-58<br />
4 Y-12 (U.S.)<br />
16-06-58<br />
5 LASL (U.S.)<br />
30-12-58<br />
6 ICPP (U.S.)<br />
16-10-59<br />
7 Mayak (R.F.)<br />
05-12-60<br />
8 ICPP (U.S.)<br />
25-01-61<br />
9 Tomsk (R.F.)<br />
14-07-61<br />
10 Hanford (U.S.)<br />
07-04-62<br />
11 Mayak (R.F.)<br />
07-09-62<br />
12 Tomsk (R.F.)<br />
30-01-63<br />
13 Tomsk (R.F.)<br />
02-12-63<br />
14 Wood River (U.S.)<br />
24-07-64<br />
15 Electrostal (R.F.)<br />
03-11-65<br />
16 Mayak (R.F.)<br />
16-12-65<br />
17 Mayak (R.F.)<br />
10-12-68<br />
18 Windscale (U.K.)<br />
24-08-70<br />
19 ICPP (U.S.)<br />
17-10-78<br />
20 Tomsk (R.F.)<br />
13-12-78<br />
21 Novosibirsk (R.F.)<br />
15-05-97<br />
22 Tokai-mura (Japan)<br />
30-09-99<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
horizontal axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
horizontal axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
Vessel<br />
Volume<br />
( l)<br />
parallel tanks 700.0<br />
each tank<br />
cylindrical<br />
vertical axis<br />
*System description was not adequate to estimate parameter.<br />
Fissile<br />
Volume<br />
( l)<br />
Shape<br />
Factor<br />
40.0 31.0 1.2<br />
h/D = 0.62<br />
Fissile Mass<br />
(kg)<br />
Fissile<br />
Density<br />
(g/ l)<br />
Spherical<br />
Critical Mass<br />
(kg)<br />
0.81 239 Pu 26.1 0.67<br />
100.0 30.0 2.8 3.06 235 U 102.0 1.09<br />
442.0 58.4 4.2<br />
h/D = 0.18<br />
208.0 56.0 1.4<br />
h/D = 0.42<br />
982.0 160.0 3.5<br />
h/D = 0.20<br />
22.0 235 U 376.7 5.24<br />
2.10 235 U 37.5 1.50<br />
2.94 239 Pu 18.4 0.84<br />
18,900.0 800.0 25.0 30.9 235 U 38.6 1.24<br />
40.0 19.0 1.2<br />
h/D = 0.55<br />
461.0 40.0 2.9<br />
h/D = 0.22<br />
65.0 42.9 1.3<br />
h/D = 0.47<br />
69.0 45.0 1.2<br />
h/D = 0.60<br />
100.0 80.0 1.2<br />
h/D = 1.11<br />
49.9 35.5 1.1<br />
h/D = 0.62<br />
100.0 64.8 1.4<br />
h/D = 0.47<br />
103.7 41.0 1.2<br />
h/D = 0.54<br />
300.0 100.0 1.4<br />
h/D = 0.46<br />
100.0 28.6 1.2<br />
h/D = 0.60<br />
62.1 28.8 1.1<br />
h/D = 0.70<br />
156.0 40.0 3.0<br />
h/D = 0.22<br />
315.5 315.5 1.4<br />
h/D = 1.75<br />
0.85 239 Pu 44.7 0.71<br />
7.20 235 U 180.0 2.48<br />
1.68 235 U<br />
H/ 235 U~600<br />
39.2 1.29<br />
(0.9 refl)<br />
1.29 239 Pu 28.7 1.07<br />
1.26 239 Pu 15.8 1.05<br />
2.27 235 U 63.9 2.06<br />
1.93 235 U 29.8 1.38<br />
2.07 235 U 50.5 1.72<br />
3.65 235 U<br />
H/ 235 U ~600<br />
36.5 2.61<br />
(1.6 refl)<br />
1.98 235 U 69.2 1.65<br />
1.50 239 Pu 52.1 1.36<br />
2.07 239 Pu 51.8 0.69<br />
6.08 235 U 19.3 4.34<br />
3.2 0.54 1.1 10.1 239 Pu 18,700.0 9.18<br />
* * 17.1 235 U * *<br />
100.0 45.0 1.1<br />
h/D = 0.6<br />
3.12 235 U<br />
H/ 235 U ~380<br />
69.3 2.9<br />
(1.9 refl)