Securing the safe performance of graphite reactor cores

Securing the Safe Performance of Graphite Reactor Cores......Page 1
Securing the Safe Performance of Graphite Reactor Cores......Page 2
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Contents......Page 10
Part A-General Introduction......Page 14
The Development and Application of a Protocol for theValidation of Core Component Condition AssessmentPrediction Methods......Page 25
PartB-Assessing Core Behaviour and Methodologies......Page 34
Assessment Methodologies for Simulation of Control RodMovements in an Ageing Graphite Core......Page 42
IMAPS - A System for Managing GraphiteCore Information......Page 50
On Non Smooth Contact Dynamics Methodology for theBehaviour Assessment of Discontinuous BlockyAssemblies......Page 57
Two Dimensional Analysis of AGR Core Using aSuper-Element Technique......Page 65
The Applicability of the Equivalent Temperature Conceptfor the Correlation of Graphite Dimensional ChangeBehaviour in Magnox Reactor Cores......Page 73
Underwriting the Weight Loss Limit for Graphite in AGRPower Stations......Page 82
Part C-Surveillance and Test Methods......Page 90
Volumetric Inspection of Reactor Core Graphite UsingEddy Currents......Page 101
A Statistical Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of PGAGraphite Samples Taken from Magnox Nuclear Reactors......Page 108
Understanding AGR Graphite Brick Cracking UsingPhysical Understanding and Statistical Modelling......Page 116
Development of a Dynamic Young's Modulus Test Setupfor Irradiated and Oxidised Graphite......Page 124
Stress Measurement in Porous Graphite at DifferentLength Scales......Page 131
Mechanical and Thermal Property Measurements onAGR Core Graphite using Electronic Speckle PatternInterferometry......Page 140
Pile Grade A Graphite- Poisson's RatioMark Joyce3 and Colin D. Elcoateb......Page 148
Derivation of Dimensional Change Behaviour fromIrradiated Brick Geometry......Page 157
Biaxial Testing: Appropriate for MechanicalCharacterisation?......Page 165
Part D-Prediction of Component Performance......Page 174
A Consideration of the Effect of Radiolytic Oxidation onFracture Behaviour of Reactor Core Graphites......Page 184
Stress Concentration Factors for MagnoxModerator Graphite......Page 191
Using First Principles Calculations to Estimate ThermalProperties of Graphite and its Defects......Page 198
Irradiation Induced Creep in Nuclear GraphitePresentStatus and Near Future Activities......Page 206
Part E-Plant Performance......Page 214
The Effect of Reactor Parameters on AGR Refuelling atHinkley Point B......Page 223
Part F-Graphite Reactor Decommissioning......Page 232
Should Subjective Risk be taken into Account in theDesign Process for Graphite Disposal?......Page 242
The Location of Radioisotopes in British ExperimentalPile Grade Zero Graphite Waste......Page 255
Radioactive Gas Generation and Containmentin IL W Repositories......Page 262
Author Index......Page 270
Subject Index (by Keywords)......Page 271