Reducing boiling water reactor scram frequency

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 1989 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)

OSTI ID:6835811

Grace, D N; Hill, R A

The boiling water reactor Owners' Group (BWROG) is attempting to learn from the past through the efforts of its Scram Frequency Reduction Committee (SFRC), which is using root cause analysis, scram data studies, and utility information exchange. In 1985, the Nuclear Management Resources Council established an initiative that commits each U.S. nuclear utilities to adopt policies and practices designed to reduce the frequency of unplanned reactor scrams. To comply with this initiative, the BWROG chartered the SFRC to help utilities reduce scrams through operational information exchange meetings. In 1986, this charter was expanded to include systems design studies and plant maintenance information exchange tasks and workshops.

• OSTI ID: 6835811
• Report Number(s): CONF-890604--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 59
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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