Qualification Testing Evaluation Program, Light Water Reactor safety research. Quarterly report, October--December 1977

Technical Report · Fri Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:7038349

Luna, R E

The objectives of the QTE Program are to obtain data needed for confirmation of the suitability of current standards and regulatory guides for Class 1E safety-related equipment and to obtain data that will provide an improved technical basis for modifications of these standards and quides where appropriate. Specific major objectives of the research are as follows: (1) to provide assessments of (post) LOCA testing methodologies including a qualitative assessment of the synergistic effects resulting from the combined environmental testing of representative Class 1E equipment, (2) to determine the radiation environment from the nuclear source term for a design basis LOCA and evaluate the adequacy of radiation simulators, and (3) to provide a model that can be used to simulate the natural aging process of representative Class 1E materials by accelerated aging methods. Progress in all these areas is described.

• Research Organization: Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, N.Mex. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 7038349
• Report Number(s): SAND-78-0341
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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