System Study: Reactor Core Isolation Cooling 1998–2013

Technical Report · Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1261719· OSTI ID:1261719

Schroeder, John Alton ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Risk Assessment and Management Services Dept.

This report presents an unreliability evaluation of the reactor core isolation cooling (RCIC) system at 31 U.S. commercial boiling water reactors. Demand, run hours, and failure data from fiscal year 1998 through 2013 for selected components were obtained from the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) Consolidated Events Database (ICES). The unreliability results are trended for the most recent 10-year period, while yearly estimates for system unreliability are provided for the entire active period. No statistically significant trends were identified in the RCIC results.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517; NRC-HQ-14-D-0018
• OSTI ID: 1261719
• Report Number(s): INL/EXT-15-34438; TRN: US1601593
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
RCIC SYSTEMS
BWR TYPE REACTORS
DEMAND
EVALUATION
FAILURES
RELIABILITY
boiling water reactor
operating experience
reactor core isolation cooling
unreliability