Recent developments in methodology for dynamic qualification of nuclear plant equipment

Conference · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6290583

Kana, D D; Pomerening, D J

Dynamic qualification of nuclear plant electrical and mechanical equipment is performed basically under guidelines given in IEEE Standards 323 and 344, and a variety of NRC regulatory guides. Over the last fifteen years qualification methodology prescribed by these documents has changed significantly as interpretations, equipment capability, and imagination of the qualification engineers have progressed. This progress has been sparked by concurrent NRC and industry sponsored research programs that have identified anomalies and developed new methodologies for resolving them. Revisions of the standards have only resulted after a lengthy debate of all such new information and subsequent judgment of its validity. The purpose of this paper is to review a variety of procedural improvements and developments in qualification methodology that are under current consideration as revisions to the standards. Many of the improvements and developments have resulted from recent research programs. All are very likely to appear in one type of standard or another in the near future.

• Research Organization: Department of Engineering Mechanics, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
• OSTI ID: 6290583
• Report Number(s): CONF-840647-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States) Journal Volume: 84-PVP-58
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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