Title :
Cumulative life assessment system for the Hunterston B reactors
Author :
Caie, A. ; Dunn, J.W. ; Guthrie, J.A.S. ; Mitchell, B. ; Nanu, L.
Author_Institution :
W.S. Atkins Sci. & Technol., UK
Abstract :
The Hunterston B nuclear power station, operated by Scottish Nuclear Limited, incorporates two advanced gas cooled reactors (AGR), with a total capacity of 1150 MW. These units have operated very successfully since they were commissioned in 1976, with a planned load factor close to 80% by the end of 1994. This paper describes a cumulative life assessment system software package (CLASS) which is designed to perform life usage calculations for specified Hunterston AGR components using actual reactor histories and existing analyses
Keywords :
fission reactor safety; fission reactor theory; nuclear engineering computing; nuclear power stations; nuclear reactor quality assurance; power engineering computing; software packages; 1150 MW; AGR; CLASS; UK; advanced gas cooled reactors; cumulative life assessment; nuclear power station; software package;
Conference_Titel :
Life Management of Power Plants, 1994., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-627-X
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19941114
