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Design of steel energy-absorbing restrainers and their incorporation into nuclear power plants for enhanced safety. Progress report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5340066
This program for the development of steel energy-absorbing restrainers originated as a five year multi-institutional, interdisciplinary program. The resources of the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), the Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Richmond (EERC), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Battelle Pacific Northwestern Laboratories (BPNL) are utilized as well as advisors from industry, the utilities and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The present progress report involves the areas of experimental testing on the shaking table at the EERC, restrainer device design and testing, structural analyses and materials testing.
Research Organization:
California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Coll. of Engineering
DOE Contract Number:
AT03-76ER70296
OSTI ID:
5340066
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/70296-T2; ON: DE82008352
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English