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Title: Considerations in the evaluation of concrete structures for continued service in aged Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs)

Abstract

Currently, there are /approximately/119 commercial nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the US either under construction, operating at low-to-full power, or awaiting an operating license. Together, these units have a net generating capacity of /approximately/110 GW(e). Assuming no life extension of present facilities, the operating licenses for these plants will start to expire in the middle of the next decade with Yankee Rowe being the first plant to attain this status. Where it is noted that with no life extension of facilities, a potential loss of electrical generating capacity in excess of 75 GW(e) could occur during the time period 2006 to 2020 when the operating licenses of 80 to 90 NPPs are scheduled to expire. A potential timely and cost-effective solution to meeting future electricity demand, which has worked well for non-nuclear generating plants, is to extend the service life (operating licenses) of existing NPPs. Since the concrete components in these plants provide a vital safety function, any continued service considerations must include an in-depth assessment of the safety-related concrete structures. 7 refs.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6161518
Report Number(s):
CONF-890425-1
ON: DE89008742
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: American power conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 24 Apr 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; AGING; BWR TYPE REACTORS; CONCRETES; EVALUATION; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR SAFETY; US NRC; BUILDING MATERIALS; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; US ORGANIZATIONS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; 220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety; 210100 - Power Reactors, Nonbreeding, Light-Water Moderated, Boiling Water Cooled; 210200 - Power Reactors, Nonbreeding, Light-Water Moderated, Nonboiling Water Cooled

Citation Formats

Naus, D, Marchbanks, M, Oland, B, Arndt, G, and Brown, T. Considerations in the evaluation of concrete structures for continued service in aged Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs). United States: N. p., 1989. Web.
Naus, D, Marchbanks, M, Oland, B, Arndt, G, & Brown, T. Considerations in the evaluation of concrete structures for continued service in aged Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs). United States.
Naus, D, Marchbanks, M, Oland, B, Arndt, G, and Brown, T. 1989. "Considerations in the evaluation of concrete structures for continued service in aged Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs)". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6161518.
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title = {Considerations in the evaluation of concrete structures for continued service in aged Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs)},
author = {Naus, D and Marchbanks, M and Oland, B and Arndt, G and Brown, T},
abstractNote = {Currently, there are /approximately/119 commercial nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the US either under construction, operating at low-to-full power, or awaiting an operating license. Together, these units have a net generating capacity of /approximately/110 GW(e). Assuming no life extension of present facilities, the operating licenses for these plants will start to expire in the middle of the next decade with Yankee Rowe being the first plant to attain this status. Where it is noted that with no life extension of facilities, a potential loss of electrical generating capacity in excess of 75 GW(e) could occur during the time period 2006 to 2020 when the operating licenses of 80 to 90 NPPs are scheduled to expire. A potential timely and cost-effective solution to meeting future electricity demand, which has worked well for non-nuclear generating plants, is to extend the service life (operating licenses) of existing NPPs. Since the concrete components in these plants provide a vital safety function, any continued service considerations must include an in-depth assessment of the safety-related concrete structures. 7 refs.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}
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