Re: dave's answer to one of your questions

[AndrewsJP@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 11/20/2001 2:02:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, DWhitfil@KDHE.STATE.KS.US writes:



> Again, this is hardly any secret. This scenario is analyzed in the NRC's
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> Response Technical Manual (RTM-96, Vol. 1, Rev 4; March 1996). Section D of
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> this document is Spent fuel Pool Damage and Consequence Assessment. One of
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> the accidents analyzed is a Zircaloy cladding fire...


You didn't give the probability of all of those things happening at once.  Seems to be a real rare event.  Really unlikely to occur.  To asses this kind of scenario, the probability of occurance must be given.


John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee