Knowledge base report on emergency core cooling sump performance in operating light water reactors
By: prepared by K. Natesan, A. Moisseytsev, C. Bahn and D. R. Diercks ; C. Shaffer ; John Burke,  NRC Project Manager
Contributors: Moisseytsev, A., author; Bahn, C., author; Diercks, D. R., author; Shaffer, C., author; Burke, John, project manager; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; Argonne National Laboratory
Series: NUREG/CR -- 7172; NUREG/CR -- 7172.
Publisher: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Pressurized water reactors; Emergency core cooling systems; Light water reactors; Accidents; Prevention; Loss of coolant; Nuclear reactor accidents; Pumping stations; Safety measures; Nuclear power plants
Other titles: Report on emergency core cooling sump performance in operating light water reactors.
Notes: "NRC Job Code N6954."

"ANL-10/38."

"This report is an update of the previous ECCS debris clogging knowledge base document, NUREG/CR-6808, 'Knowledge base for the effect of debris on pressurized water reactor emergency core cooling sump performance,' published in February 2003."  -- page v.

"January 2014."

Format not distributed to depository libraries.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-1-9-12).
Table of contents: title: Abstract; title: Foreword; title: Table of contents; title: List of figures; title: List of tables; title: Executive summary; title: Acknowledgments; title: Acronyms; title: Units conversion table; title: Introduction; title: Description of the safety concern; title: Discovery of sump performance issue; title: Regulatory considerations; title: State-of-the-art resolution methodology; title: Debris transport evaluation; title: Coatings and coatings debris; title: Latent debris; title: Debris accumulation, head loss, and vortex evaluation; title: Debris head loss correlations; title: Chemical effects; title: BWR industry effects; title: PWR industry response; title: Summary; title: References; title: Appendix.