Published July 1987 | Version v1
Report

EPRI/NRC piping and fitting dynamic reliability program

Creators

  • 1. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC

Description

Until recently, NRC and industry efforts to improve the overall ''balance-of-design'' of piping have concentrated mainly on reducing conservatisms associated with dynamic input loads and response calculation. Now it appears that revision of the ASME Code design criteria offers the best future alternative for improving piping design. The EPRI/NRC Piping and Fitting Dynamic Reliability Program will provide the principal justification for these changes. This paper gives an overview of this research program from an NRC perspective, and notes briefly how it relates to other NRC piping research and standards activities. 37 refs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Transactions of the 9th international conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology: Panel Session JK: Structural and mechanical engineering research at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Journal Page Range
p. 145-156.
Report number
NUREG/CP--0088

Conference

Title
international conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology.
Acronym
9. SMIRT
Dates
17-21 Aug 1987.
Place
Lausanne (Switzerland).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
19013598
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FAILURES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PIPES; REACTOR SAFETY; SEISMIC EFFECTS; SPECIFICATIONS; US NRC
Descriptors DEC
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; SAFETY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; US ORGANIZATIONS