Assessment Study of RELAP5/MOD2 Cycle 36.04 Based on Pressurizer Safety and Relief Valve Tests (NUREG/IA-0034)

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Date Published: July 1990

Prepared by:
E.J. Stubbe, L. Vanhoenacker

TRACTEBEL
Rue de ]a Science, 31
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium

Prepared as part of:
The Agreement on Research Participation and Technical Exchange
under the International Thermal-Hydraulic Code Assessment
and Application Program (ICAP)

Published by:
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555

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Abstract

This report presents a code assessment study based on full size relief and assisted safety valve (called SEBIM) tests performed on the CUMULUS valve test rig operated by Electricite de France (EdF).

The increased awareness that the pressuriser safety and relief valves are not reliable under water blowdown conditions, has led to the design, testing and installation of so called assisted safety valves of which the SEBIM (TM) valves are an example. These valves, used in tandem, are gradually replacing the safety and relief valves on pressurisers in some European PWR's.

Before installation at the plant, the Belgian safety authorities requested a thorough full scale testing of these valves on a test rig (CUMULUS) equipped with sufficient diagnostics to measure the characteristics of the valve. The Belgian architect-engineering firm TRACTEBEL was called upon to specify, order and test these valves for installation at the DOEL 1 and DOEL 2 power plants.

These tests do provide sufficient data of high quality to justify an assessment study of the code RELAP-5 MOD-2 CYCLE 36 in the ICAP framework which is the subject of this report.