Published June 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Safety analysis on fatigue cracking of pressurizer nozzle in nuclear power plant

  • 1. Korea Electric Power Corp., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Korea Electric Power Research Institute, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)

Description

Based on the design transient, stress analysis and integrity evaluation, such as crack tolerance and fatigue crack growth, were performed on the cast head type pressurizer safety/relief nozzle corner. Large crack tolerance exists and fatigue crack growth of a postulated initial crack has been calculated to be very small. Therefore, the failure risk of nozzle corner was found to be low and the stopping ISI on the nozzle corner would be recommended. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers. A
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1125-1133
ISSN
1226-4873

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
29038577
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE; IN-SERVICE INSPECTION; NOZZLES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZERS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS
Descriptors DEC
INSPECTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS