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Fracture Analysis of Vessels - Oak Ridge FAVOR, V04.1, Computer Code: User’s Guide (NUREG/CR-6855)

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Manuscript Completed: October 2004
Date Published: August 2007

Prepared by
T.L. Dickson, P.T. Williams, and S. Yin

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Managed by UT-Battelle, LLC
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6283

E. Focht, NRC Project Manager

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Division of Fuel, Engineering and Radiological Research
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001
NRC Job Code Y6533

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The current regulations to insure that nuclear reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) maintain structural integrity when subjected to transients such as pressurized thermal shock (PTS) events were derived from computational models developed in the early-to-mid 1980s. Since that time, advancements and refinements in relevant technologies that impact RPV integrity assessment have led to an effort by the NRC to re-evaluate its PTS regulations. Updated computational methodologies have evolved through interactions between experts in the relevant disciplines of thermal hydraulics, probabilistic risk assessment, materials embrittlement, fracture mechanics, and inspection (flaw characterization). Contributors to the development of these methodologies include the NRC staff, their contractors, and representatives from the nuclear industry. These updated methodologies have been integrated into the Fracture Analysis of Vessels – Oak Ridge (FAVOR, v04.1) computer code developed for the NRC by the Heavy Section Steel Technology (HSST) program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The FAVOR, v04.1, code represents the baseline NRC-selected applications tool for re-assessing the current PTS regulations. Intended as a user’s guide to the computer system requirements, installation, input data-deck preparation, and execution of the FAVOR, v04.1, deterministic and probabilistic fracture mechanics code, this report is one of a series of software quality assurance documentation deliverables being prepared according to the guidance provided in IEEE Std. 730.1-1995, IEEE Guide
for Software Quality Assurance Planning and IEEE Std. 1063-1987, IEEE Standard for Software User Documentation. Additional documents in this series include (1) FAVOR, v01.1, Computer Code: Software Requirements Specification, (2) FAVOR, v01.1, Computer Code: Software Design Description, and (3) FAVOR, v04.1, Computer Code: Theory and Implementation of Algorithms, Methods, and Correlations.