French Regulatory practice and experience feedback on steam generator tube integrity
Conference
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OSTI ID:467889
This paper summarizes the way the French Safety Authority applies regulatory rules and practices to the problem of steam generator tube cracking in French PWR reactors. There are 54 reactors providing 80% of French electrical consumption. The Safety Authority closely monitors the performance of tubes in steam generators, and requires application of a program which deals with problems prior to the actual development of leakage. The actual rules regarding such performance are flexible, responding to the overall performance of operating steam generators. In addition there is an inservice inspection service to examine tubes during shutdown, and to monitor steam generators for leakage during operation, with guidelines for when generators must be pulled off line.
- Research Organization:
- CH2M Hill, Gainesville, FL (United States); Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 467889
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CP--0154; ANL--96/14; NEA/CNRA/R--(96)1; CONF-9510423--; ON: TI97004312
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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