REGULATORY SAFETY ISSUES IN THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN CRITERIA OF ASME SECTION 3 SUBSECTION NH FOR VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR VHTR & GEN 4
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
FOREWORD
ABSTRACT
1 SUMMARY
2 INTRODUCTION
3 NRC AND ACRS SAFETY ISSUES IN
LICENSING REVIEW OF CRBR
4 CURRENT NRC SAFETY ISSUES FOR
STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF VHTR AND GEN
IV SYSTEMS
5 HOW REGULATORY ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED
BY CURRENT ASME CODE CASES AND SECTION
III SUBSECTION NH ôCLASS 1 COMPONENTS
IN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SERVICE
6 MATERIALS MODELS DESIGN CRITERIA AND
ANALYSIS METHODS NEEDED IN THE ASME CODE
TO COVER REGULATOR ISSUES FOR
VERY-HIGH-TEMPERATURE SERVICE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
REFERENCES
Appendix A - NRC Licensing Review of CRBR - 1983
Appendix B - May 2, 2007 NRC Draft for Review
Describes the safety issues relevant to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, including Section II, Section VIII, Section III Subsection NH (Class 1 Components in Elevated Temperature Service) and Code Cases that must be resolved in order to support licensing of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors, particularly Very-High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (VHTRs).
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
