Meshing (nuclear power plants)
The term meshing refers to the clogging of sieves in the coolant circuits when generating energy in nuclear power plants ; above all the emergency cooling systems that feed from the respective reactor sump . The sieves are clogged by fibers from floating insulation and sealing materials.
A major incident with this cause was the failure or failure of the emergency cooling system to start after the emergency shutdown of Unit II in the Swedish boiling water reactor - Barsebäck nuclear power plant on July 28, 1992.
Individual evidence
- ↑ zeozwei.de, Gerd Rosenkranz: Insulation in the cooling circuit - clogging in the reactor sump ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (May 13, 2011)
