Proceedings of the IAEA specialists` meeting on cracking in LWR RPV head penetrations

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:378954

Pugh, C E; Raney, S J ^[1]

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1. comps.; Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

This report contains 17 papers that were presented in four sessions at the IAEA Specialists` meeting on Cracking in LWR RPV Head Penetrations held at ASTM Headquarters in Philadelphia on May 2-3, 1995. The papers are compiled here in the order that presentations were made in the sessions, and they relate to operational observations, inspection techniques, analytical modeling, and regulatory control. The goal of the meeting was to allow international experts to review experience in the field of ensuring adequate performance of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) heads and penetrations. The emphasis was to allow a better understanding of RPV material behavior, to provide guidance supporting reliability and adequate performance, and to assist in defining directions for further investigations. The international nature of the meeting is illustrated by the fact that papers were presented by researchers from 10 countries. There were technical experts present form other countries who participated in discussions of the results presented. This present document incorporates the final version of the papers as received from the authors. The final chapter includes conclusions and recommendations. Individual papers have been cataloged separately.

• Research Organization: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Engineering Technology; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 378954
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CP-0151; ORNL/TM-13187; CONF-9505318-Final; ON: TI96013800; TRN: 97:004299
• Resource Relation: Conference: IAEA specialists meeting on cracking in LWR RPV head penetrations, Philadelphia, PA (United States), 2-4 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INSPECTION
REGULATIONS
IAEA
SERVICE LIFE
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REPAIR
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CREEP
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FRACTURE MECHANICS
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HIGH ALLOY STEELS
WATER CHEMISTRY
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