Duke Power experience with RCCA and guide card management
Journal Article
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:411676
- Duke Power Company, Charlotte, NC (United States)
The vibrational wear of rod control cluster assemblies (RCCAs) has been a concern for Westinghouse nuclear plants since the mid 1980s. In 1988, Duke Power Company (DPC) began an effort to understand and manage this phenomenon. While the early efforts dealt primarily with fretting wear, the issues of axial tip cracking and guide card wear were eventually included to develop what is now a comprehensive RCCA/guide tube assembly (GTA) wear program. This paper discusses the development of that program as well as DPC`s experience with fretting wear studies, wear resistant coatings, and axial tip cracks.
- OSTI ID:
- 411676
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951006--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 73; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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