...P. Majumdar; B. Chatterjee; G. Nandan; D. Mukhopadhyay; H. G. Lele In Indian pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR), loss of coolant accident with simultaneous failure of emergency core cooling system can lead to significant temperature rise in the pressure tube (PT) with the system internal...

...S. Bhandari; X. Feral; J.-M. Bergheau; G. Mottet; P. Dupas; L. Nicolas Numerical simulation of creep rupture of a reactor pressure vessel in a severe hypothetical accident needs to perfectly take account of interactions between creep phenomena and damage. The continuous damage theory enables...

... of accident conditions as a means of measuring valve performance. Specimen valves for this series represent 20 each of three manufacturers’ design for a semi-internal 1-in. 312 psi LPG relief valve. The purpose of this paper is to present the procedure and results of these tests. No effort is made to perform...