NEUP CINR-20-19145: Improving Lifetime Prediction of Electrical Cables in Containment

Project seeks to use the Sandia Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF) or another NSUF gamma irradiation facility to expose nuclear cable insulation samples in sealed containers to a series of gamma doses at a series of dose rates. Oxygen concentration of the sealed containers and dielectric properties of the polymer samples will be measured before sending containers to the facility and upon receipt from the facility. Lifetime curves of the insulation will be determined at more extreme accelerated...

Additional Info

Field	Value
Awarded Institution	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PI	Leo Fifield