Published 1984
| Version v1
Book
Rancho Seco ''light bulb incident''
Creators
- 1. Rancho Seco Unit One, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Sacramento, CA
Description
Reactor tripped on high pressure due to a loss of feedwater, initiated by a fault on a Non-Nuclear Instrumentation Power supply. Considerable control room indication was lost. Safety Features actuated on low pressure following the reactor trip. When power was restored an hour and a quarter later, temperature had dropped to 2850F. The Reactor Coolant System was outside of its allowable pressure/temperature curve
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Plenum Press.
- Imprint Place
- New York, NY (USA)
- Imprint Title
- Anticipated and abnormal plant transients in light water reactors, Vol. 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 143-151.
Conference
- Title
- Anticipated and abnormal plant transients in light water reactors conference.
- Dates
- 26-29 Sep 1983.
- Place
- Jackson, WY (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 16068576
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CONTROL ROOMS; FEEDWATER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOSS OF COOLANT; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; RANCHO SECO-1 REACTOR; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMS; REACTOR SHUTDOWN; SAFETY ENGINEERING
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SHUTDOWN; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS