boiling water reactor

QT No: QT2111111
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INSPECTION RESULTS:
Part of the piping de-spading. One of the flange serrations was found in damaged
condition. Visual inspection carried out and the defective observed at approx. 3-4 clock
direction. The size of defect with respect to length, width and depth is 30x20x3mm.

Based on issue of overheating heating element during hydrogen backout yesterday + our
discussion, please find technical note refining temperature control & hydrogen back out
temperature

Pass partition plates in heat exchangers with cladding are normally specified to be of the
same material as the alloy cladding, and are attached after PWHT. API RP 582
recommends a minimum of 5 mm (3/16 in) cladding thickness for welding of any
attachments after PWHT of the clad base material.

The core spray piping system in typical boiling water reactor (BWR) pressure
vessels includes nozzles with thermal sleeves. Each sleeve consists of a carbon
steel pipe welded to a stainless steel pipe [a dissimilar metal (DM) weld],
which in turn is welded to a connecting head that feeds coolant to the
remainder of the core spray system in the vessel. These welds are typically
made in the fabrication shop, where they are machined flush to the pipe
surfaces. The carbon steel pipe is welded at the field site to the carbon steel
vessel nozzle. Usually, the outer surface of this carbon steel field weld is left in
the as-welded condition. Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) has been found in
other lightwater reactor locations with DM welds and also with stainless steel-
to-stainless steel welds. Access to the outer surface of the thermal sleeve for
inspection could be achieved from the vessel interior, by inserting a probe into
the annulus between the thermal sleeve and the nozzle. However, due largely
to the limited access conditions, these welds are not generally inspected. In a
series of projects with Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), SwRI
developed a laboratory prototype system for this inspection problem. The
system includes a thin, flexible probe delivery mechanism to insert probes into
the annulus, a thin (7 mm thick) ultrasonic probe, and a video inspection
system that could also be inserted into the annulus. The system was
successfully demonstrated on a mockup .