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Application of leak-before-break justification approach to BWR piping

Conference · · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA)
OSTI ID:7038477
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  1. Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
The NRC has published initial guidelines for application of the leak-before-break (LBB) approach. This paper reports the results of a study to develop criteria for applying the LBB approach to boiling water reactor (BWR) piping systems and to determine the order in which high energy piping systems should receive LBB evaluations. The author identify major LBB related to the fracture mechanics technology in the application of the LBB approach. They demonstrate a typical LBB analysis.
OSTI ID:
7038477
Report Number(s):
CONF-880403--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA) Journal Volume: 50
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English