Degradation and failure of bolting in nuclear power plants: Volume 1

These two volumes provide the documentation for industry resolution of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) generic issue B-29, Degradation and Failure of Bolting in Nuclear Power Plants. The issue was identified as a consequence of concerns about the structural integrity of component supports circa 1980. When bolting integrity became a separate issue in 1982, the utility industry responded by forming a Task Group on Bolting under the aegis of the Atomic Industrial Forum (AIF) and the Materials Properties Council (MPC). The AIF/MPC Task Group on Bolting formulated a comprehensive nineteen-task action plan aimed at resolution of the issue, with implementation of the plan, the responsibility of EPRI and the affected Owner's Groups. EPRI organized a matrix-managed Generic Bolted Joint Integrity Program to carry out the research, with the results reported herein