The Battelle Integrity of Nuclear Piping (BINP) Program Final Report: Appendices (NUREG/CR-6837, Volume 2)

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• Cover through Appendix A, Evaluation of Procedures for the Treatment of Secondary Stresses in Pipe Fracture Analyses (PDF - 596 KB)
• Appendix B, Pipe-System Experiment with an Alternative Simulated Seismic Load History (PDF - 523 KB)
• Appendix C, BINP Task 3 — Determination of Actual Margins in Plant Piping (PDF - 2.40 MB)
• Appendix D, Analytical Expressions Incorporating Restraint of Pressure-Induced Bending in Crack-Opening Displacement Calculations (PDF - 1.16 MB)
• Appendix E, Development of Flaw Evaluation Criteria for Class 2, 3, and Balance of Plant Piping (PDF - 3.69 MB)
• Appendix F, The Development of a J-Estimation Scheme for Circumferential and Axial Through-Wall Cracked Elbows (PDF - 852 KB)
• Appendix G, Evaluation of Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) Nozzle to Hot-Leg Piping Bimetallic Weld Joint Integrity for the V.C. Summer Nuclear Power Plant
  • Part 1 (PDF - 1.59 MB)
  • Part 2 (PDF - 2.87 MB)
  • Part 3 (PDF - 1.69 MB)
  • Part 4 (PDF - 3.86 MB)
  • Part 5 (PDF - 3.65 MB)
  • Part 6 (PDF - 5.07 MB)
• Appendix H, The Effect of Weld Induced Residual Stresses on Pipe Crack Opening Areas and Implications on Leak-Before-Break Considerations (PDF - 2.16 MB)
• Appendix I, Round Robin Analysis (PDF - 4.68 MB)

Publication Information

Manuscript Completed: September 2003
Date Published: June 2005

Prepared by:
P. Scott, R. Olson, J. Bockbrader, M. Wilson, B. Gruen,
R. Morbitzer, Y. Yang, C. Williams, F. Brust, L. Fredette, N. Ghadiali Battelle
505 King Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43201

G. Wilkowski, D. Rudland, Z. Feng, R. Wolterman
Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus (Subcontractor)
3518 Riverside Drive, Suite 202
Columbus, Ohio 43221-1735

C.A. Greene, NRC Project Manager

Prepared for:
Division of Engineering Technology
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

NRC Job Code W6775

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Abstract

Volume I of the final report for the Battelle Integrity of Nuclear Piping (BINP) program provided a summary of the results from this program and a discussion of the implications of those results. This volume (Volume II - Appendices) provides the details from the various technical tasks conducted as part of this program. Each individual appendix provides the details of a specific task conducted as part of the BINP program.