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Overview of EPRI Long Term Operations Work on Nuclear Power Plant Concrete Structures

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Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors

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Abstract

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has been engaged in collaborative research and development activities related to concrete in nuclear applications over the past several years in concert with the nuclear generation industry, foreign and domestic national laboratories and regulatory bodies and universities. The EPRI Long Term Operations program is focused on performing research activities that will help the industry extend operation beyond the first period of license renewal, which for US plants means operation beyond 60 years. In this overview talk, three subjects will be addressed—radiation damage in boiling and pressurized water reactor concrete biological shields, boric acid attack of pressurized water reactor spent fuel pool concrete substructures and alkali-silica reaction degradation of concrete structures. The results of these and other studies are expected to support utilities as they demonstrate technical bases to regulatory bodies for long term operation of commercial nuclear plants.

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  1. Nuclear Sector, Electric Power Research Institute, Charlotte, NC, 28262, USA

    Joe Wall & Sam Johnson

  2. G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA

    Joe Wall

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  1. Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA

    John H. Jackson

  2. Naval Nuclear Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Denise Paraventi

  3. Chalk River Laboratories, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, ON, Canada

    Michael Wright

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Wall, J., Johnson, S. (2019). Overview of EPRI Long Term Operations Work on Nuclear Power Plant Concrete Structures. In: Jackson, J., Paraventi, D., Wright, M. (eds) Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04639-2_89

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