U.S. industry activities on inspection of CRDM penetrations

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 545-551

  Alley, Tom ^a   Kietzman, Kim ^a   Ammirato, Frank ^a  

^a DUKE ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ROD DRIVE MECHANISMS; PRIMARY WATER STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; REACTOR VESSEL NOZZLES;

COOLANTS; INSPECTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NOZZLES; PIPING SYSTEMS; PRESSURE VESSELS; STANDARDS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; WELDS;

CONTROL RODS;

EID: 0036390833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE10-22477     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Ammirato, F. and Kietzman, K., "Demonstration of Inspection Technology for Alloy 600 CRDM Head Penetrations," EPRI TR-106260, October 1996.
2. Kietzman, K., Ammirato, F., and Cagle, L., "Inconel 600 Reactor Pressure Vessel head Penetration Demonstration," Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on NDE in the Nuclear and Pressure Vessel Industries, Stockholm, Sweden, September 1996.
3. Ammirato, F., "Examination of Dissimilar Metal Welds and Alloy 600 CRDM Head Penetrations-U.S. Industry Update", Proceedings of SMiRT 16 Workshop, Washington, DC, August 2001.
4. Kietzman, K., Alley, T., and Ammirato, F., "Industry Initiative on Examination of Control Rod Drive Mechanism Head Penetrations for OD Initiated Cracking in PWR Reactor Pressure Vessels," Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NDE in Relation to Structural Integrity for Nuclear and Pressurized Components. Madrid, Spain, November 2001.