Application of LBB to high energy piping systems in operating PWR
Abstract
The amendment to General Design Criterion 4 allows exclusion, from the design basis, of dynamic effects associated with high energy pipe rupture by application of leak-before-break (LBB) technology. This new approach has resulted in substantial financial savings to utilities when applied to the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) primary loop piping and auxiliary piping systems made of stainless steel material. To date majority of applications pertain to piping systems in operating plants. Various steps of evaluation associated with the LBB application to an operating plant are described in this paper.
- Authors:
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- Westinghouse Nuclear Technology Division, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Engineering Technology; Electricite de France (EDF), 69 - Villeurbanne (France); Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 489360
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CP-0155; CONF-9510432-
ON: TI97004806; TRN: 97:011501
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Seminar on leak before break in reactor piping and vessels, Lyon (France), 9-11 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the seminar on leak before break in reactor piping and vessels; Faidy, C. [ed.] [Electricite de France, Villeurbanne (France)]; Gilles, P. [ed.] [Framatome, Paris (France)]; PB: 773 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; 21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; PIPES; LEAKS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; PWR TYPE REACTORS
Citation Formats
Swamy, S A, and Bhowmick, D C. Application of LBB to high energy piping systems in operating PWR. United States: N. p., 1997.
Web.
Swamy, S A, & Bhowmick, D C. Application of LBB to high energy piping systems in operating PWR. United States.
Swamy, S A, and Bhowmick, D C. 1997.
"Application of LBB to high energy piping systems in operating PWR". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/489360.
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author = {Swamy, S A and Bhowmick, D C},
abstractNote = {The amendment to General Design Criterion 4 allows exclusion, from the design basis, of dynamic effects associated with high energy pipe rupture by application of leak-before-break (LBB) technology. This new approach has resulted in substantial financial savings to utilities when applied to the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) primary loop piping and auxiliary piping systems made of stainless steel material. To date majority of applications pertain to piping systems in operating plants. Various steps of evaluation associated with the LBB application to an operating plant are described in this paper.},
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year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1997},
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