Published July 1993
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Journal article
Underwater coating repair cuts nuclear maintenance costs
Creators
Description
This article discusses the cleaning and recoating/repair of condensate tanks or other vessels in a nuclear power plant. The topics of the article include the safety and regulatory need for this system of repair, a description of the work done on the Brown's Ferry MK-1 suppression chamber, coating failure mechanisms, qualitative inspection, quantitative inspection, quantitative inspection results, spot repairs, and economic considerations
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Power Engineering (Barrington)
- Journal Volume
- 97
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 31-34.
- ISSN
- 0032-5961
- CODEN
- POENAI
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 25022645
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALARA; BROWNS FERRY-1 REACTOR; BROWNS FERRY-2 REACTOR; BROWNS FERRY-3 REACTOR; CONDENSATION CHAMBERS; CORROSION; CORROSION PROTECTION; DECONTAMINATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REPAIR; SHIELDING
- Descriptors DEC
- BWR TYPE REACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLEANING; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; MIXED SPECTRUM REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS