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Sirveri

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10. They likely at least have air samplers.

Reply to Throckmorton (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 03:44 AM

Feb 2012

A failure of 900 pipes on the primary side should cause that to alarm pretty quickly.

My guess is it's either a bad batch of metal because their supplier decided to cut corners or the water chem guys are blazing a lot of their logs.

For me I was a submariner, S6G plant, EM01, loved the science aspect of the job. For some odd reason that made me the odd man out on the boat though since most other people could have cared less, which I always found odd.

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Worn Pipes Shut California Reactors ( the pipes are relatively NEW!) [View all] dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 OP

it took 5 minutes on google to find where this pipe came from... madrchsod Feb 2012 #1

Very impressive! dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #2

as a former steel worker who has watched his trade go overseas... madrchsod Feb 2012 #3

It's probably the fault of the water chem folks. Sirveri Feb 2012 #4

Dissolved Oxygen is also a major player. Throckmorton Feb 2012 #5

via the water chem guys adding H2 to the primary. Sirveri Feb 2012 #6

Apparently 900 out of 4,000 pipes showed excessive wear wtmusic Feb 2012 #7

basically if one tube leaks the leakage goes to a drainage spigot Sirveri Feb 2012 #9

If it was radioactive steam wouldn't that be a leak in the primary loop wtmusic Feb 2012 #11

We also add Ethanolammine to the condensate system, Throckmorton Feb 2012 #8

They likely at least have air samplers. Sirveri Feb 2012 #10

Our secondary detection scheme is radiation monitors on the air ejectors, Throckmorton Feb 2012 #13

k&r kristopher Feb 2012 #12