Three Dimensional Simulation of the Baneberry Nuclear Event
作者:
Ilya N. Lomov,
Tarabay H. Antoun,
Jeff Wagoner,
John T. Rambo,
期刊:
AIP Conference Proceedings
(AIP Available online 1904)
卷期:
Volume 706,
issue 1
页码: 1462-1465
ISSN:0094-243X
年代: 1904
DOI:10.1063/1.1780514
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Baneberry, a 10‐kiloton nuclear event, was detonated at a depth of 278 m at the Nevada Test Site on December 18, 1970. Shortly after detonation, radioactive gases emanating from the cavity were released into the atmosphere through a shock‐induced fissure near surface ground zero. Extensive geophysical investigations, coupled with a series of 1D and 2D computational studies were used to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to the catastrophic failure. However, the geological profile of the Baneberry site is complex and inherently three‐dimensional, which meant that some geological features had to be simplified or ignored in the 2D simulations. This left open the possibility that features unaccounted for in the 2D simulations could have had an important influence on the eventual containment failure of the Baneberry event. This paper presents results from a high‐fidelity 3D Baneberry simulation based on the most accurate geologic and geophysical data available. The results are compared with available data, and contrasted against the results of the previous 2D computational studies. © 2004 American Institute of Physics
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