Published April 1980
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Investigation of valve failure problems in LWR power plants
Description
An analysis of component failures from information in the computerized Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC) data bank shows that for both PWR and BWR plants the component category most responsible for approximately 19.3% of light water reactor (LWR) power plant shutdowns. This investigation by Burns and Roe, Inc. shows that the greatest cause of shutdowns in LWRs due to valve failures is leakage from valve stem packing. Both BWR plants and PWR plants have stem leakage problems
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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A16/MF A01.
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 351 p.
- Report number
- ALO--73
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 11559546
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BWR TYPE REACTORS; FAILURES; PWR TYPE REACTORS; VALVES
- Descriptors DEC
- CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FLOW REGULATORS; REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS