An overview of the BWR ECCS strainer blockage issues

Conference · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:269675

Serkiz, A W; Marshall, Jr, M L; Elliott, R ^[1]

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1. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)

This Paper provides a brief overview of actions taken in the mid 1980s to resolve Unresolved Safety Issue (USI) A-43, {open_quotes}Containment Emergency Sump Performance,{close_quotes} and their relationship to the BWR strainer blockage issue; the importance of insights gained from the Barseback-2 (a Swedish BWR) incident in 1992 and from ECCS strainer testing and inspections at the Perry nuclear power plant in 1992 and 1993; an analysis of an US BWR/4 with a Mark I containment; an international community sharing of knowledge relevant to ECCS strainer blockage, additional experimental programs; and identification of actions needed to resolve the strainer blockage issue and the status of such efforts.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• OSTI ID: 269675
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CP--0149-Vol.3; CONF-9510156--Vol.3; ON: TI96007986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
BWR TYPE REACTORS
ECCS
FLOW BLOCKAGE
MECHANICAL FILTERS