EPRI PWR Safety and Relief Value Test Program: safety and relief valve test report

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6504395

A safety and relief valve test program was conducted by EPRI for a group of participating PWR utilities to respond to the USNRC recommendations documented in NUREG 0578 Section 2.1.2, and as clarified in NUREG 0737 Item II.D.1.A. Seventeen safety and relief valves representative of those utilized in or planned for use in participating domestic PWR's were tested under the full range of selected test conditions. This report contains a listing of the selected test valves and the corresponding as tested test matrices, valve performance data and principal observations for the tested safety and relief valves. The information contained in this report may be used by the participating utilities in developing their response to the above mentioned USNRC recommendations.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA). Nuclear Power Div.
• OSTI ID: 6504395
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-2628-SR; ON: DE83901469
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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