CONFIRMATORY SURVEY RESULTS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT FROM UNITS 1 AND 2 AT THE HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT, EUREKA, CALIFORNIA

W.C. Adams

关键词: BOILING;    CONSTRUCTION;    CONTAINMENT;    CONTAMINATION;    CRITICALITY;    DESIGN;    HEAT TRANSFER;    NATURAL CONVECTION;    NUCLEAR ENERGY;    PACIFIC OCEAN;    POWER PLANTS;    PRESSURE SUPPRESSION;    REACTORS;    STAINLESS STEELS;    WATER;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1017048
RP-ID  :  11-IEAV-0885
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1017048
Others  :  TRN: US201113%%371

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) operated the Humboldt Bay Power Plant (HBPP) Unit 3 nuclear reactor near Eureka, California under Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) provisional license number DPR-7. HBPP Unit 3 achieved initial criticality in February 1963 and began commercial operations in August 1963. Unit 3 was a natural circulation boiling water reactor with a direct-cycle design. This design eliminated the need for heat transfer loops and large containment structures. Also, the pressure suppression containment design permitted below-ground construction. Stainless steel fuel claddings were used from startup until cladding failures resulted in plant system contamination???zircaloy-clad fuel was used exclusively starting in 1965 eliminating cladding-related contamination. A number of spills and gaseous releases were reported during operations resulting in a range of mitigative activities (see ESI 2008 for details).