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Title: Aging management of nuclear power plant containments for license renewal

Abstract

In 1990, the Nuclear Management and Resources Council (NUMARC), now the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), submitted for NRC review, the industry reports (IRs), NUMARC Report 90-01 and NUMARC Report 90-10, addressing aging management issues associated with PWR containments and BWR containments for license renewal, respectively. In 1996, the Commission amended 10 CFR 50.55a to promulgate requirements for inservice inspection of containment structures. This rule amendment incorporates by reference the 1992 Edition with the 1992 Addenda of Subsections IWE and IWL of the ASME Code addressing the inservice inspection of metal containments/liners and concrete containments, respectively. The purpose of this report is to reconcile the technical information and agreements resulting from the NUMARC IR reviews which are generally described in NUREG-1557 and the inservice inspection requirements of subsections IWE and IWL as promulgated in {section}50.55a for license renewal consideration. This report concludes that Subsections IWE and IWL as endorsed in {section}50.55a are generally consistent with the technical agreements reached during the IR reviews. Specific exceptions are identified and additional evaluations and augmented inspections for renewal are recommended.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Reactor Program Management
Sponsoring Org.:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
537375
Report Number(s):
NUREG-1611
ON: TI98000178; TRN: 98:008538
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; AGING; CONTAINMENT BUILDINGS; CONTAINMENT SHELLS; REACTOR LICENSING; PWR TYPE REACTORS; BWR TYPE REACTORS; IN-SERVICE INSPECTION; STANDARDS; LICENSING REGULATIONS

Citation Formats

Liu, W C, Kuo, P T, and Lee, S S. Aging management of nuclear power plant containments for license renewal. United States: N. p., 1997. Web. doi:10.2172/537375.
Liu, W C, Kuo, P T, & Lee, S S. Aging management of nuclear power plant containments for license renewal. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/537375
Liu, W C, Kuo, P T, and Lee, S S. 1997. "Aging management of nuclear power plant containments for license renewal". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/537375. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/537375.
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abstractNote = {In 1990, the Nuclear Management and Resources Council (NUMARC), now the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), submitted for NRC review, the industry reports (IRs), NUMARC Report 90-01 and NUMARC Report 90-10, addressing aging management issues associated with PWR containments and BWR containments for license renewal, respectively. In 1996, the Commission amended 10 CFR 50.55a to promulgate requirements for inservice inspection of containment structures. This rule amendment incorporates by reference the 1992 Edition with the 1992 Addenda of Subsections IWE and IWL of the ASME Code addressing the inservice inspection of metal containments/liners and concrete containments, respectively. The purpose of this report is to reconcile the technical information and agreements resulting from the NUMARC IR reviews which are generally described in NUREG-1557 and the inservice inspection requirements of subsections IWE and IWL as promulgated in {section}50.55a for license renewal consideration. This report concludes that Subsections IWE and IWL as endorsed in {section}50.55a are generally consistent with the technical agreements reached during the IR reviews. Specific exceptions are identified and additional evaluations and augmented inspections for renewal are recommended.},
doi = {10.2172/537375},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997},
month = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997}
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