5. Conclusion
The design process for pressure equipment used in nuclear reactors comprises a complex and coherent set of complementary provisions relating to the choice of materials according to the conditions of use, design according to the results of risk and safety analyses, analysis according to the various damage modes identified, and follow-up during operation, according to feedback and the severity or complexity of the stresses imposed.
This process must be both based on experience and compatible with regulatory developments aimed at harmonizing practices at European level.
The practices applicable to nuclear equipment are designed to be consistent both with international consensuses, which generally refer to Section III of the ASME Code, and with the harmonized standards developed in Europe in the non-nuclear field, in order to provide a privileged...
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Documentation sources
Text references
Websites
AFCEN Association Française pour les règles de conception et de construction des Chaudières Électro-nucléaires (French Association for the Design and Construction of Nuclear Boilers)
AFIAP French Association of Pressure Vessel Engineers http:/;/;www.afiap.org
...Regulations
Arrêté du 26 février 1974 portant application de la réglementation des appareils à pression aux chaudières nucléaires à eau. Collection of texts published in "Sûreté Nucléaire en France". Les éditions des Journaux Officiels.
Arrêté du 12 décembre 2005 applicable aux Équipements Sous Pression Nucléaires (ESPN) ; JO de la République Française, January 22, 2006.
Directive 97/;23/;EC...
Standards
- Récipients sous pression non soumis à la flamme. - NF EN 13445 -
- Tuyauteries industrielles métalliques. - NF EN 13480 -
- Chaudières à tubes d'eau et installations auxiliaires. - NF EN 12952 -
Operators and manufacturers
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French operators of nuclear pressure equipment
AREVA-NC (COGEMA) http:/;/;www.areva-nc.fr
French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) http:/;/;www.cea.fr
Électricité de France...
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