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Heysham 2, United Kingdom, 2000. Annex III. Description of Selected Open Phase Events
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Description
On 30 Dec. 2000, Reactor 8 was manually tripped at 06:25 following a part failure of the blue phase circuit breaker, X890, in the 400 kV substation. The reactor was operating under reduced load conditions while on-load refuelling was in progress. Reactor 7 remained under steady full load conditions (671 MW).
Additional details
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Publishing Information
- Publisher
- IAEA
- Imprint Place
- Vienna (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))
- ISBN
- 978-92-0-108516-0
- Imprint Title
- Impact of Open Phase Conditions on Electrical Power Systems of Nuclear Power Plants
- Imprint Pagination
- 104 p.
- Journal Issue
- no. 91
- Series
- Safety Reports Series
- Journal Page Range
- p. 64
- ISSN
- 1020-6450
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 49074765
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CIRCUIT BREAKERS; FAILURES; HEYSHAM-B REACTOR; REACTOR FUELING; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR SAFETY
- Descriptors DEC
- AGR TYPE REACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE COOLED REACTORS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GCR TYPE REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; OPERATION; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR LIFE CYCLE; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMAL REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- This record replaces 48012254
- Secondary number(s)
- STI/PUB--1755