ECCS strainer for Hamaoka NPP employs cassette type. At the time of severe accident, it is necessary to take into consideration the chemical debris which has not been considered in BWR so far, in order to carry out pH control in the reactor containment vessel. In this paper, we report the results of closed vertical pipe loop test on the evaluation of the ECCS strainer head loss when considering the chemical debris in addition to the debris such as coating generated at the time of severe accident....
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Evaluation of ECCS strainer head loss caused by debris generated at the time of severe accidents.

In Japanese BWR utilities, silicone rubber(VMQ) or fluoro rubber(FKM) has been used as a sealing material for the PCV upper flange and so on. However, these materials are not suitable for such use under the combined conditions of high-temperature steam and high-radiation dose by severe accident, so there is a possibility to reduce the sealing function that leads to a PCV flange leakage. Therefore, in the BWR plant owners recently decided to adopt an “improved EPDM“ which has excellent characteristics ...
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Performance evaluation of EPDM at elevated temperature

The water of Suppression pool at severe accident has become a hot, high chloride ion concentration and strong alkaline because of exhaust of the reactor heat, the melted cable, and pH controller. The equipment using the water has wetted part made stainless, therefore there is a possibility that SCC because of chloride ion occurs this wetted part. However, alkaline environment may reduce a possibility the SCC although poor knowledge. As such we examined the effect of structural material in a hot, high chlori...
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Effect assessment of structural material in a hot, high chloride ion concentration, and strong alkaline environment