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RDTroja:
--- Quote from: Marlin on Aug 19, 2010, 06:16 ---Hmmm... there were plants denying that they had problems with failed fuel or had any alpha. Segregation of areas with fuel fragments and activation products was not very good. One plant of that era even claimed they had no beta radiation. I think if I were a regulator in that situation I might want to see an upgrade in detection equipment and attitude toward personnel and environmental protection. I did most of time as a road tech in Region One plants in the 70s and 80s, there were some very good ones and then....remember piggyback beta?
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Yikes. 1979 a midatlantic CE plant. Found alpha on a smear on the refuel floor. Them: 'Can't BE! Its, its, its... Piggyback Beta!' Me: 'Got a calibrated absorber set?' Them: 'Well, yeah, we do.' Me: 'OK, here is the energy graph -- its alpha!' Them: '(mumble, mumble)' Me: 'Don't worry, though. It came off the PaRR Machine that just got here from (midatlantic BWR with known problems)'
Maybe I should have told them that part first, I don't know... :D
HydroDave63:
On-topic: INPO must be broke, because they are mean to Region IV coastal plants [kool]
spentfuel:
The midland head was never used rumor I heard that duke looked at buying it for Oconee until they made the decision to replace all three heads. Part of the logic was it was available right away and was cheaper than a new head. The issue for DB now is its the same kind of head "wet" that has the same issue with pwscc which is what causes the crdm penetration cracks in the first place. The assumption they made was perhaps it was in better shape than the one they replaced. I do know for example at Oconee one unit was in far worse shape than the other two so there seems to be some variation in each head.
Who has the best head the westinghouse or ce plants that have a "dry" head.
Have to go with Rennhack on the alpha comment
Longer hotter runs don't make it worse unless you have failed fuel issues to start off with. They don't actually run any hotter btw they just uprate because of more accurate instrumentation that measures thermal output so when you get better numbers of your power rating it makes it appear they run hotter.
my two cents
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Contract SRO:
--- Quote from: spentfuel on Aug 19, 2010, 12:20 ---
They don't actually run any hotter btw they just uprate because of more accurate instrumentation that measures thermal output so when you get better numbers of your power rating it makes it appear they run hotter.
my two cents
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Tavg does not run hotter but the fuel centerline temperature definitely runs hotter.
MacGyver:
--- Quote from: dirac on Aug 16, 2010, 09:42 ---Last 5 major industry events are from INPO 1 plants. How was Davis Besse allowed to happen and then again with their new head? Is INPO stacked with employees from major fleet plants? Have they lost their ability to be unbiased? Who polices the police?
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This guy:
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Seriously
The NRC is the POLICE the last time I checked.
I am just saying .....
Got duck tape?
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