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Environment Assisted Fatigue – Rules, Assumptions and Challenges for Fatigue Management of Primary Piping

  • Jussi Solin*
  • , Tommi Seppänen
  • , Petri Lemettinen
  • , Rami Vanninen
  • , Erkki Pulkkinen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
    • Fortum Waste Solutions Oy
    • Teollisuuden Voima Oyj

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    Abstract

    This paper introduces and discusses the commonly used methods for calculating environmental penalty factors (Fen) to be used in fatigue assessment of stainless reactor components. Three alternative methods for determining Fen factors are introduced and instructed in the JSME S NF1-2009 Code in a language providing a designer the guidance needed for reliable and repeatable EAF assessment. Following these instructions together with the equations and parameters given in the NUREG/CR-6909 it is possible to obtain same Fen factors as by careful reading of the NUREG/CR-6909 alone. The NUREG/CR-6909, Rev. 1 contains notable amounts of valuable information, but instructions for application can be ambiguous or conflicting. An example related to the modified strain rate approach for determining Fen factors is provided.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationASME 2022 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference
    PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
    Number of pages9
    Volume1
    ISBN (Electronic)978-0-7918-8614-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2022
    MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
    EventASME 2022 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2022 - Las Vegas, United States
    Duration: 17 Jul 202222 Jul 2022

    Conference

    ConferenceASME 2022 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2022
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityLas Vegas
    Period17/07/2222/07/22

    Funding

    This work is part of the FatiMa project “Fatigue Management for LTO”, a sub-project of the Finnish Research Programme on Nuclear Power Plant Safety 2019-2022 (SAFIR2022). In addition to the generic program funding, Fortum and TVO provide also direct funds for execution of this project.

    Keywords

    • environment
    • fatigue
    • stainless steel

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