A Compilation of Boiling Water Reactor Operational Experience for the United Kingdom's Office for Nuclear Regulation's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Generic Design Assessment

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1323653· OSTI ID:1323653

Wheeler, Timothy A. ^[1]; Liao, Huafei ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

United States nuclear power plant Licensee Event Reports (LERs), submitted to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under law as required by 10 CFR 50.72 and 50.73 were evaluated for reliance to the United Kingdom’s Health and Safety Executive – Office for Nuclear Regulation’s (ONR) general design assessment of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) design. An NRC compendium of LERs, compiled by Idaho National Laboratory over the time period January 1, 2000 through March 31, 2014, were sorted by BWR safety system and sorted into two categories: those events leading to a SCRAM, and those events which constituted a safety system failure. The LERs were then evaluated as to the relevance of the operational experience to the ABWR design.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1323653
• Report Number(s): SAND2014--20656; 555989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
ABWR
BWR TYPE REACTORS
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DATA COMPILATION
DESIGN
EVALUATION
FAILURES
LER
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTOR OPERATION
REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMS
REACTOR SAFETY
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
SCRAM
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safety system failures
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