Published December 1, 2015 | Version v1
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System Study: Reactor Core Isolation Cooling 1998-2014

Creators

  • 1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Risk Assessment and Management Services Dept.

Description

This report presents an unreliability evaluation of the reactor core isolation cooling (RCIC) system at 31 U.S. commercial boiling water reactors. Demand, run hours, and failure data from fiscal year 1998 through 2014 for selected components were obtained from the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) Consolidated Events Database (ICES). The unreliability results are trended for the most recent 10 year period, while yearly estimates for system unreliability are provided for the entire active period. No statistically significant trends were identified in the RCIC results.

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1261238/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
33 p.
Report number
INL/EXT--16-37933

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
47090301
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BWR TYPE REACTORS; DEMAND; EVALUATION; FAILURES; RCIC SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY
Descriptors DEC
COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC07-05ID14517; NRC-HQ-14-D-0018
Funding organization
USDOE (United States); US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) (United States)
Secondary number(s)
OSTIID--1261238