Mark III LOCA-related hydrodynamic load definition. Generic technical activity B-10

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5222698

This report, prepared by the staff of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and its consultants at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, provides a discussion of LOCA-related suppression pool hydrodynamic loads in boiling water reactor (BWR) facilities with the Mark III pressure-suppression containment design. Its issuance completes NRC Generic Technical Activity B-10, Behavior of BWR Mark III Containment. On the basis of certain large-scale tests conducted between 1973 and 1979, the General Electric Company developed LOCA-related hydrodynamic load definitions for use in the design of the standard Mark III containment. The staff and its consultants have reviewed these load definitions and their bases conclude that, with a few specified changes, the proposed load definitions provide conservative loading conditions. The staff-approved acceptance criteria for LOCA-related hydrodynamic loads are provided in Appendix C of this report.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
• OSTI ID: 5222698
• Report Number(s): NUREG-0978; ON: DE84900860
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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