U. S. elevated temperature structural design standards: current status and future directions
In the United States licensing of nuclear power plants requires that the owner of the plant demonstrate that the health and safety of the public is not and will not be endangered by the operation of the plant. That demonstration is a matter of public record and is subject to review and criticism, in an advisary hearing, by state and federal licensing authorities and any member of the public. National concensus structural design standards have been one of the responses to this form of power plant licensing since they effectively remove structural design rules from the arena of conflict. The resulting national standards tend to be generally applicable to all plant types and to relatively diverse operating conditions and material types. Code Case 1592 which is the elevated temperature nuclear design criteria is an example of such a national standard. Its development was the spontaneous outgrowth of the U.S. LMFBR program which demanded the best possible assurance of integrity. Being written within the framework of the ASME Boiler Code it was developed as a general standard, not just a special case for the FFTF or the CRBR Project. In the paper the development of Code Case 1592 is traced. The current and future technical content of the elevated temperature design standards for nuclear service are discussed. The relationship of Code Case 1592 to other ASME Standards and to certain U.S. industrial, governmental and regulatory standards is examined.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa. (USA). Advanced Reactors Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- E(11-1)-3045
- OSTI ID:
- 7343719
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-760451-4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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