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Underwater coating repair cuts nuclear maintenance costs

Journal Article · · Power Engineering; (United States)
OSTI ID:6025163
This article discusses the cleaning and recoating/repair of condensate tanks or other vessels in a nuclear power plant. The topics of the article include the safety and regulatory need for this system of repair, a description of the work done on the Brown's Ferry MK-1 suppression chamber, coating failure mechanisms, qualitative inspection, quantitative inspection, quantitative inspection results, spot repairs, and economic considerations.
OSTI ID:
6025163
Journal Information:
Power Engineering; (United States), Journal Name: Power Engineering; (United States) Vol. 97:7; ISSN POENAI; ISSN 0032-5961
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
210100* -- Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Light-Water Moderated
Boiling Water Cooled
ALARA
BROWNS FERRY-1 REACTOR
BROWNS FERRY-2 REACTOR
BROWNS FERRY-3 REACTOR
BWR TYPE REACTORS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CLEANING
CONDENSATION CHAMBERS
CORROSION
CORROSION PROTECTION
DECONTAMINATION
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
MIXED SPECTRUM REACTORS
POWER REACTORS
RADIATION PROTECTION
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
REPAIR
SHIELDING
THERMAL REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS