Update Direct-Strike Lightning Environment for Stockpile-to-Taget Sequence Supplement LLNL Subcontract No. B568261. Lightning Protection at the Yucca Mountain Waste Storage Facility

摘要

The University of Florida has surveyed all relevant publications reporting lightning damage to metals, metals which could be used as components of storage containers for nuclear waste materials. We show that even the most severe lightning could not penetrate the stainless steel thicknesses proposed for nuclear waste storage casks.