Focus on greater reliability and verified safety for today's nuclear plants
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is committed to the assurance and demonstration of nuclear power plant safety and the continued improvement of safe, economical nuclear power. To accomplish this, EPRI has conducted several projects: (1) full-scale impact and aerodynamic tests to check utility components against tornado-force winds, (2) fuel performance checks on fuel rods, fuel assembly, and core, and (3) thorium utilization in light water reactors. Projects that are under way or in the planning stage include: (1) power plant information data banks; (2) studies of corrosion to improve steam generators, radioiodine release control, blowdown heat transfer, decay heat, pressure boundary integrity, pipe cracking and pool swell in boiling water reactors, and condenser leakage; (3) new computer codes for design and safety analysis; (4) designs for breeder reactors and nuclear power plant control rooms; (5) tests for eddy-current effects; and (6) assessments of valve problems and the commercial feasibility of HTGR reactors. A brief review and status report is included for each of these areas. (DCK)
- OSTI ID:
- 7326739
- Journal Information:
- EPRI J.; (United States), Vol. 2:1; Other Information: Nuclear Power Division/1976 review
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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