Published June 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Development of JSME rules on design and construction for nuclear power plants. Division 1. Light water reactors

  • 1. Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd., Hitachi, Ibaraki (Japan)
  • 2. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kobe, Hyogo (Japan)

Description

Rules on Material, Design and Construction for Nuclear Power Plants, Div. 1 Light Water Reactors (LWRs) has been developed to stipulate detail requirements for structural design and fabrication of the equipments of nuclear power plants (LWRs). Now this rule is used instead of the abolished MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry) Ordinance 501. Here the features and technical topics of this rule are introduced and the future activities are discussed. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nippon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, A Hen
Journal Volume
78
Journal Issue
790
Journal Page Range
p. 772-777
ISSN
0387-5008

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Notes
9 refs., 6 figs.