TMI-2 Vessel Investigation Project integration report

Abstract

The Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) Vessel Investigation Project (VIP) was an international effort that was sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The primary objectives of the VIP were to extract and examine samples from the lower head and to evaluate the potential modes of failure and the margin of structural integrity that remained in the TMI-2 reactor vessel during the accident. This report presents a summary of the major findings and conclusions that were developed from research during the VIP. Results from the various elements of the project are integrated to form a cohesive understanding of the vessel`s condition after the accident.

Keywords

GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
THREE MILE ISLAND-2 REACTOR
PRESSURE VESSELS
SAFETY ANALYSIS
POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION
FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS
DESIGN
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
SAMPLING
METALLOGRAPHY
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
REACTOR SAFETY
POWER REACTORS
NONBREEDING
LIGHT-WATER MODERATED
NONBOILING WATER COOLED

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