부산대학교 도서관

Three heat exchangers (HXs) were changed out after the December 1991 leak of Process Water to the Savannah River. This leaves 6 of the original 304 stainless steel heat exchangers which will remain in K-Reactor for restart. This report discusses SRS site specific data which were used to estimate the probability of a leak within a one-year period as a function of leak rate and root cause in these six heat exchangers in conjunction with six new heat exchangers presently in service in K-Reactor. Based on several assumptions and statistical models, SRS data indicate that the total probability of a leak occurring during a one-year period in K-Reactor with 6 original (304 stainless steel) and 6 new (316-L or SEA-CURE) heat exchangers, with a leak rate greater than 20, 40 or 90 pounds/hr, is 0.013, 0.004 or 0.0005, respectively.