Thank you for your response. Can you point me to any standards that allow me to do that? It seems to be wateful to scrap this pipe but I cannot find any standards or code to let me keep this pipe.
Again, thank you.
An Nguyen
Due to leaking valve, a spool of 6 inch, schedule 40S, charging pump suction piping (150 # class) was exposed to the discharge pressure for approximate 8 hours (2750 psi). We found out overpressure condition when the suction valve packing leaked. The pipe was made of SA312 TP304L. The...
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Does anybody know how many miles of pipe in an average nuclear plant? What is the cost of piping compare to other components? Do you know any references for that type of inforamtion.
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An Nguyen
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Does pressure cause thrust load on anchor at the end of a metal braided hose, similar to expansion joint thrust load? What do I have to consider for designing that anchor?
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I think the rule is in Regulatory Guide 1.26 entitled "Quality Group Classifications and Standards for Water-, Steam-, and Radioactive-Waste-Containing Components of Nuclear Power Plants". This would let determine the quality classification of the system. From there, you would...
It seems that there is a universal msiunderstanding about Section III regarding classifying components. ASME Section III does not provide any criteria for classifying components. It provides rules to construct the component after the Owner has decided the classification of the component. The...
