Primary water stress corrosion cracking inspection ranking scheme for Alloy 600 components
- Sargent and Lundy LLC, Chicago, IL (United States)
- Consumers Power Co., Covert, MI (United States)
Palisades Nuclear Plant has developed a comprehensive inspection program to support safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of all Alloy 600 nozzles and safe ends in the primary coolant system (PCS). As a part of the Palisades Alloy 600 Project, an inspection prioritization scheme was developed to help the plant focus its resources on high risk components and plan appropriate inspection activities for the other components. The inspection prioritization scheme is based on the susceptibility of the components to Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking (PWSCC), component failure consequences, component leak detectability and component radiation exposure. The scheme provides a simple, systematic and technical base for selecting Alloy 600 components for inspection. The scheme, however, could be used to develop an inspection schedule or to select the highest priority components for mitigation or replacement.
- OSTI ID:
- 418129
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960706-; ISBN 0-7918-1778-4; TRN: 97:001998
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) pressure vessels and piping conference, Montreal (Canada), 21-26 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Pressure vessels and piping design, analysis, and severe accidents. PVP-Volume 331; Dermenjian, A.A. [ed.] [Sargent and Lundy, Chicago, IL (United States)]; PB: 219 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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