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Section 2. Task Action Plan Items-
Item B-18: Vortex Suppression Requirements for Containment Sumps
Resolution of Generic Safety Issues: Item B-18: Vortex Suppression Requirements for Containment Sumps ( NUREG-0933, Main Report with Supplements 1–35 )
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DESCRIPTION
A number of applicants for operating licenses have been performing sump tests to demonstrate ECCS operability during the recirculation phase following a postulated loss-of-coolant accident. These tests have shown that vortex formation is not well-behaved and, as a result, the sump designs in some cases were found to be not adequate. This NUREG-04713 task will develop criteria for sump design with respect to vortex formation and define criteria for sump testing.
CONCLUSION
This issue is covered in USI A-43, "Containment Emergency Sump Performance."
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