Conference on Vessel Penetration Inspection, Crack Growth and Repair (NUREG/CP-0191)

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NUREG/CP-0191

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Presentations

• Front Matter and Opening Session
• Session I, Inspection Techniques, Results and Future Developments
• Session II, Continued Plant Operation
• Session III, Structural Analysis and Fracture Mechanics Issues
• Session IV, Crack Growth Rate Studies for the Disposition of Flaws
• Session V, Foreign Experience, Mitigation and Summaries
• Panel Session

Manuscripts

• Session I with Front Matter, Inspection Techniques, Results and Future Developments
• Session II, Continued Plant Operation
• Session III, Structural Analysis and Fracture Mechanics Issues
• Session IV, Crack Growth Rate Studies for the Disposition of Flaws
• Session V, Foreign Experience and Mitigation

Publication Information

Manuscript Completed: July 2005
Date Published: September 2005

Compiled by:
T. S. Mintz, Materials Engineer and W. H. Cullen, Sr. Materials Engineer

Prepared for
Division of Engineering Technology
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington DC 20555-0001
NRC Job Code Y6722

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Abstract

These two volumes of proceedings contain the visual projections (in Volume I), and the contributed manuscripts (in Volume II) from the Conference on Vessel Head Penetration, Crack Growth and Repair, held at the Gaithersburg Marriott at Washingtonian Center on September 29 – October 2, 2003. The conference was co-sponsored by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Argonne National Laboratory. Over two hundred attendees were provided with 45 presentations, divided into five sessions: (I) Inspection Techniques, Results, and Future Developments, (II) Continued Plant Operation, (III) Structural Analysis and Fracture Mechanics Issues, (IV) Crack Growth Rate Studies for the Disposition of Flaws, and (V) Mitigation of Nickel-Base Alloy Degradation and Foreign Experience. The conference opened with a plenary session including presentations giving the overview from the NRC Office of Regulatory Research, and an overview of nickel-base alloy cracking issues worldwide. The conference closed with a panel session consisting of industry representatives and NRC management discussing the prognosis for future issues in this area of concern.