Analysis of scrams and forced outages at boiling water reactors

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5108428· OSTI ID:5108428

Earle, R. T.; Sullivan, W. P.; Miller, K. R.; Schwegman, W. J.

This report documents the results of a study of scrams and forced outages at General Electric Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs) operating in the United States. This study was conducted for Sandia Laboratories under a Light Water Reactor Safety Program which it manages for the United States Department of Energy. Operating plant data were used to identify the causes of scrams and forced outages. Causes of scrams and forced outages have been summarized as a function of operating plant and plant age and also ranked according to the number of events per year, outage time per year, and outage time per event. From this ranking, identified potential improvement opportunities were evaluated to determine the associated benefits and impact on plant availability.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., San Jose, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5108428
• Report Number(s): ALO-87; NEDG-25202; TRN: 80-016693
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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