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NESCC
Nuclear Energy Standards Coordination Collaborative Joint initiative of ANSI and NIST Scope: identify and respond to the current needs of the nuclear industry Inaugural meeting June 2009 Meets at NIST 2-3 times a year Next meeting is July 28, 2011
NESCC - Mission/Purpose
The NESCC is formed for the purpose of providing a crossstakeholder forum to bring together representatives of the nuclear industry, standards developing organizations (SDOs), subject matter experts, academia, and national/international governmental organizations to facilitate and coordinate the timely identification, development and/or revision of standards that support the design, operation, development, licensing, and deployment of new nuclear power plants and other nuclear technologies, including advanced reactor concepts.
NESCC TG
Formed December 2009
Concrete Codes and Standards for NPP (CTG) report June 2011 Standards Database Task Group
CTG
Created December 2009 Meetings:
Monthly conference calls in person (March 23, 2010) at the ACI convention in Chicago
Membership - reviewers
37 members from : ACI, AISC, Amec, AmerenUE
Callaway Nuclear Plant, AREVA, ASME, ASTM, BASF, Bechtel Power, Carrasquillo Associates, Commision Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear, DOE, Dominion Virginia Power, Duke Energy, EPRI, Exelon, FMC Lithium Division, ICA Fluor, INL, J.D. Stevenson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NCMA, NIST, Purdue Univ., Sargent & Lundy, Savannah River Remediation, Southern Company, Unistar, University of Kansas, USNRC, Westinghouse
Scope
Establish coordination and consistency of safety and non-safety related concrete requirements Identify new design requirements for safety related concrete components, and develop a plan to incorporate these new requirements into codes and standards. Identify and review all U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulatory documents related to concrete for nuclear power plant
Objectives
4. 5. 6.
ASTM
ASTM standards were not examined in detail,
because NRC does not reference them directly in their documents. Their usage is implemented by referencing other SDOs standards (codes, specifications, criteria, and guidelines)
Materials
Material selection for concrete mixture designs needs:
to ensure conformity to current standards and codes sufficient material supply is locally available commercially available concrete batch mix materials, with adequate records enable assured concrete service life for over 60 75 years.
Issues to be considered
Supplementary cementitious material (SCM) usage should be encouraged Aggregate sources need to be tested, e.g. ASR or enhanced mitigation procedures High density aggregates characterization Cement characterization, i.e. SCM interaction
Disadvantages
Higher steel stress at service load conditions potential wider cracks and larger deflections (objectionable for aesthetics and permeability) Less deformation capacity Better used with High strength concrete
Durability of concrete
Nuclear power plants would be more economical if their service life can be reliably designed for ages longer than 60 years. Models and standards should be available or developed that can quantitatively, with known uncertainty, predict the service life of the concrete materials used for their construction. Research to fill in knowledge gaps needs to be performed.
Summary
Main issues
Improve process for NRC, DOE to adopt new technology and standards Long list of research need: how can they be addressed?
Agenda:
AM Keynote speakers PM TG presentations
Will be proposed that July 2011 meeting Open for members: NPP owners, SDOs Scope: Establish coordination and consistency for safety and non-safety concrete repairs in existing NPP: evaluate the concrete structure, assess the repair strategy, design and implement the repair and monitor the repair. Identify repair requirements .., and develop a plan to incorporate these new requirements into codes and standards. Identify U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulatory documents related to concrete repair for existing nuclear power plants and identify any needs.
New TG on Repair