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Coke Drum Skirt Life-Cycle Management

Antonio Seijas, Alex Berry
Proc. ASME. PVP2024, Volume 2: Design & Analysis, V002T03A097, July 28–August 2, 2024
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2024-123402
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2024-123402
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Topics: Coke, Life cycle management, Cracking (Materials), Fracture (Process), Maintenance, Manufacturing, Retrofitting, Vessels, Cycles, Damage
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Ultrasonic Examination of Welds in Cast Austenitic Stainless Steel PWR Reactor Coolant System Piping Welds

John Hayden, Jason Van Velsor
Proc. ASME. PVP2024, Volume 5: Operations, Applications, & Components; Seismic Engineering; ASME Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnosis and Prognosis (NDPD) Division, V005T09A006, July 28–August 2, 2024
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2024-123346
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2024-123346
View Paper titled, Ultrasonic Examination of Welds in Cast Austenitic Stainless Steel PWR Reactor Coolant System Piping Welds
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Topics: Nuclear reactor coolants, Pipes, Pressurized water reactors, Stainless steel, Ultrasonic testing, Welded joints, Embrittlement, Licensing, Casting, Failure mechanisms
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Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Codes for Piping International Benchmark—Part 2: Probabilistic Comparisons

Matthew Homiack, Xinjian Duan, Min Wang, Klaus Heckmann
Proc. ASME. PVP2023, Volume 2: Computer Technology & Bolted Joints; Design & Analysis, V002T03A052, July 16–21, 2023
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2023-105733
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2023-105733
View Paper titled, Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Codes for Piping International Benchmark—Part 2: Probabilistic Comparisons
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Topics: Fracture (Materials), Fracture mechanics, Pipes, Probability, Leakage, Leak-before-break, Accounting, Alloys, Corrosion, Electromagnetic scattering
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Towards an Improvement of Allowable Planar Flaws of ASME Code Section XI Acceptance Standards for Ferritic Steel Materials

Valéry Lacroix, Pierre Dulieu, Kunio Hasegawa
Proc. ASME. PVP2023, Volume 1: Codes & Standards, V001T01A043, July 16–21, 2023
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2023-103446
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2023-103446
View Paper titled, Towards an Improvement of Allowable Planar Flaws of ASME Code Section XI Acceptance Standards for Ferritic Steel Materials
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Topics: Acceptance criteria, ASME Standards, Steel, Flaw detection, Fracture toughness, In-service inspection
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Technical Basis for Revision to Code Case N-702

Matthew Walter, Kevin Wong, Nathaniel G. Cofie, Mo Uddin, Gary Dominguez
Proc. ASME. PVP2023, Volume 1: Codes & Standards, V001T01A004, July 16–21, 2023
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2023-107044
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2023-107044
View Paper titled, Technical Basis for Revision to Code Case N-702
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Topics: Acceptance criteria, ASME Standards, Boiling water reactors, Engineering standards, Failure, Feedwater, Fracture mechanics, In-service inspection, Inspection, Nozzles
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Statistical Approach to Developing a Performance Monitoring Program

David L. Rudland, Dan Widrevitz
Proc. ASME. PVP2023, Volume 1: Codes & Standards, V001T01A051, July 16–21, 2023
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2023-105203
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2023-105203
View Paper titled, Statistical Approach to Developing a Performance Monitoring Program
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Topics: In-service inspection, Inspection, Light water reactors, Nuclear reactors, Risk, Safety, Service life (Equipment)
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A Methodology for Management of the Risk of Stress Corrosion Cracking of Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steels in Good Quality Water in Pressurised Water Reactor Plant

Joseph Malin, James Wilson, Timothy Watkins, Timothy Harrison, Benjamin Pellereau
Proc. ASME. PVP2023, Volume 2: Computer Technology & Bolted Joints; Design & Analysis, V002T03A024, July 16–21, 2023
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2023-108378
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2023-108378
View Paper titled, A Methodology for Management of the Risk of Stress Corrosion Cracking of Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steels in Good Quality Water in Pressurised Water Reactor Plant
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Topics: Risk, Stainless steel, Stress corrosion cracking, Water, Coolants, Circuits, Defense industry, Failure, Hydrogen, In-service inspection
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Revision of Allowable Planar Flaw Tables of ASME B&PV Code Section XI for Ferritic Steel Materials

Pierre Dulieu, Valéry Lacroix, Kunio Hasegawa
Proc. ASME. PVP2023, Volume 1: Codes & Standards, V001T01A044, July 16–21, 2023
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2023-103472
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2023-103472
View Paper titled, Revision of Allowable Planar Flaw Tables of ASME B&PV Code Section XI for Ferritic Steel Materials
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Topics: Acceptance criteria, ASME Standards, Brittleness, Collapse, Failure, Failure mechanisms, In-service inspection, Safety, Steel, Stress
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Can Inservice Inspections Be Eliminated for Passive Components in the U.S. Nuclear Fleet?

David L. Rudland
Proc. ASME. PVP2022, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A050, July 17–22, 2022
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2022-78318
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2022-78318
View Paper titled, Can Inservice Inspections Be Eliminated for Passive Components in the U.S. Nuclear Fleet?
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Topics: In-service inspection, Inspection, Risk, Safety, Failure, Pipes, Risk assessment, Vessels
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3D Simulation of Propagation Induced by Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking for Defect Tolerance Analysis of Dissimilar Metal Welds

Pierre Dulieu, Valéry Lacroix
Proc. ASME. PVP2022, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A036, July 17–22, 2022
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2022-84667
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2022-84667
View Paper titled, 3D Simulation of Propagation Induced by Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking for Defect Tolerance Analysis of Dissimilar Metal Welds
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Topics: Metals, Simulation, Stress corrosion cracking, Tolerance analysis, Water, Welded joints, Stress, Fracture (Materials), Accounting, Alloys
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Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Weld Residual Stresses in Dissimilar Metal Weld of Reactor Pressure Vessel Nozzles

Pierre Dulieu, Valéry Lacroix, Vratislav Mares, Larbi Arbaoui, Jean-Philippe Bournot
Proc. ASME. PVP2022, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A082, July 17–22, 2022
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2022-79529
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2022-79529
View Paper titled, Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Weld Residual Stresses in Dissimilar Metal Weld of Reactor Pressure Vessel Nozzles
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Topics: Metals, Nozzles, Reactor vessels, Residual stresses, Stress, Welding, Heat, Simulation, Welded joints, Alloys
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Data-Centric Structural Integrity Assessment and Risk-Informed Asset Management Using Operational Data and Probabilistic Updating

Michael Martin, Robert Marshal, Peter Reed
Proc. ASME. PVP2022, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A054, July 17–22, 2022
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2022-84526
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2022-84526
View Paper titled, Data-Centric Structural Integrity Assessment and Risk-Informed Asset Management Using Operational Data and Probabilistic Updating
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Topics: Risk, Engineering standards, Design, Geometry, High temperature, In-service inspection, Inspection, Maintenance, Nuclear decommissioning, Numerical analysis
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In-Service Inspection of Extended Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, Part I: Crawler Technology Development

Ryan M. Meyer, Jeremy Renshaw, Jamie Beard, Jon Tatman, Matt Keene, Paul Plante, Neil Fales, Gabriel Grant, Uwe Wolf, Karan Mauskar, Darrell Dunn, Bruce Lin
Proc. ASME. PVP2021, Volume 5: Operations, Applications, and Components; Seismic Engineering; Non-Destructive Examination, V005T09A007, July 13–15, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2021-62058
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2021-62058
View Paper titled, In-Service Inspection of Extended Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, Part I: Crawler Technology Development
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Topics: In-service inspection, Robotics, Spent nuclear fuels, Storage, Technology development
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Inservice Inspection of Extended Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, Part II: NDE/Sensor Technology Development and Codification

Ryan M. Meyer, Jeremy Renshaw, Kenn Hunter, Mike Orihuela, Jim Stadler, Karan Mauskar, Uwe Wolf, Marvin Klein, Max Weidmann, Bradley Bobbs, Darrell Dunn, Bruce Lin
Proc. ASME. PVP2021, Volume 5: Operations, Applications, and Components; Seismic Engineering; Non-Destructive Examination, V005T09A008, July 13–15, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2021-62069
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2021-62069
View Paper titled, Inservice Inspection of Extended Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, Part II: NDE/Sensor Technology Development and Codification
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Topics: In-service inspection, Nondestructive evaluation, Sensors, Spent nuclear fuels, Storage, Technology development
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Technical Basis Summary for Code Case N-860: Inspection Requirements and Evaluation Standards for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Transportation Containment Systems

John E. Broussard, III
Proc. ASME. PVP2021, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A061, July 13–15, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2021-64176
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2021-64176
View Paper titled, Technical Basis Summary for Code Case N-860: Inspection Requirements and Evaluation Standards for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Transportation Containment Systems
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Topics: Containment systems, Inspection, Spent fuel storage, Spent nuclear fuels, Stress corrosion cracking, Transportation systems, In-service inspection, Acceptance criteria, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Fracture (Materials)
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Development of Leak Before Break Assessment Guidelines for Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors in Japan

Hiroki Yada, Takashi Wakai, Takayuki Miyagawa, Hideo Machida
Proc. ASME. PVP2021, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A060, July 13–15, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2021-61942
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2021-61942
View Paper titled, Development of Leak Before Break Assessment Guidelines for Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors in Japan
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Topics: Fast neutron reactors, Fracture (Materials), In-service inspection, Leakage, Leak-before-break, Sodium, Sodium fast reactors
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Strategies for Application of Reliability and Integrity Management for Inservice Inspection of Compact Heat Exchangers in High Temperature Reactors

Robert Keating, Suzanne McKillop, Ian Jentz
Proc. ASME. PVP2021, Volume 2: Computer Technology and Bolted Joints; Design and Analysis, V002T03A016, July 13–15, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2021-60931
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2021-60931
View Paper titled, Strategies for Application of Reliability and Integrity Management for Inservice Inspection of Compact Heat Exchangers in High Temperature Reactors
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Topics: Heat exchangers, High temperature, In-service inspection, Reliability
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Comparative Evaluation of Plastic Design Methods for Fatigue Assessment of a Nuclear Class 1 Piping Nozzle

David M. Clarkson, Christopher D. Bell, Donald Mackenzie
Proc. ASME. PVP2020, Volume 3: Design and Analysis, V003T03A043, August 3, 2020
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2020-21271
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2020-21271
View Paper titled, Comparative Evaluation of Plastic Design Methods for Fatigue Assessment of a Nuclear Class 1 Piping Nozzle
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Topics: Design methodology, Fatigue, Nozzles, Pipes, Design, Finite element analysis, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Pressurized water reactors, Stress, Coolants
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RCC-M Code: Recent Evolutions and Perspectives

Manuela Triay, Eric Meister, Benoît Lefever, Sylvain Puybouffat, Julien Quéré, Emmanuel Chantelat, David Muller, Julien Cadith, Stéphane Marie, Nicolas de Mathan
Proc. ASME. PVP2019, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A082, July 14–19, 2019
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2019-93343
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2019-93343
View Paper titled, RCC-M Code: Recent Evolutions and Perspectives
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Topics: Construction, Design, In-service inspection, Manufacturing, Nondestructive evaluation, Pressure equipment, Safety, Strategic planning
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ASME XI–RSE-M: General Comparison of Flaw Evaluation Rules

Claude Faidy
Proc. ASME. PVP2019, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A083, July 14–19, 2019
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: PVP2019-93435
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2019-93435
View Paper titled, ASME XI–RSE-M: General Comparison of Flaw Evaluation Rules
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Topics: Boilers, Fracture (Materials), Fracture (Process), Fracture toughness, In-service inspection, Leak-before-break, Materials properties, Pressure vessels, Pressurized water reactors