Application of the leak-before-break approach to BWR piping: Final report

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7124607

Mehta, H S; Patel, N T; Ranganath, S

The work reported here consisted of several tasks. The first task dealt with the acceptance criteria for the LBB evaluations and the consideration of limitations in its application. NUREG-1061, Volume 3 recommendations formed the basis of the criteria developed in this task. The second task assigned priorities to BWR piping systems for LBB application based on the factors such as technical viability and cost versus benefits. In the third task, the LBB approach was applied to the recirculation system of a BWR-4 plant. Lastly, stress criteria were developed which a piping analyst could use as guidelines during snubber optimization analyses such that compliance of the piping system with the LBB criteria is reasonably assured.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., San Jose, CA (USA). Nuclear Energy Business Operations; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7124607
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-4991; ON: TI87920221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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