Nine Mile Point recirc-piping replacement offers lessons for tomorrow's nuclear repairs
Journal Article
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· Power; (United States)
OSTI ID:6987575
The first complete replacement of BWR stainless steel recirculation lines, in sizes to 28 inches, breaks ground for future repairs of critical large piping repairs in nuclear power systems cannot always be anticipated in nature or extent, in spite of extensive research and the experience obtained from operating units. There will sometimes be critical new needs for repair and replacement of physical components that had been thought to have a life equal to that of the plant itself, about 40 years. The current difficulties with the recirculation piping of boiling-water reactors (BWR) represent a situation in which expensive repairs or even replacement of piping in the containment become vital to ability to continue in operation.
- Research Organization:
- Newport News Industrial Group
- OSTI ID:
- 6987575
- Journal Information:
- Power; (United States), Journal Name: Power; (United States) Vol. 127:12; ISSN POWEA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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210100* -- Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Light-Water Moderated
Boiling Water Cooled
ALLOYS
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CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CONTAINMENT
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
COOLING SYSTEMS
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
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IRON BASE ALLOYS
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PIPES
POWER REACTORS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS
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REPAIR
SIZE
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
THERMAL REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
210100* -- Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Light-Water Moderated
Boiling Water Cooled
ALLOYS
BWR TYPE REACTORS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CONTAINMENT
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
COOLING SYSTEMS
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
NINE MILE POINT-1 REACTOR
PIPES
POWER REACTORS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS
REACTORS
REPAIR
SIZE
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
THERMAL REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS