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[en] The objective of this report is to provide the basis for the selection of this transition leak size for testing in the LLTR. This test, designated as Test A-4, is of particular interest because, of all the larger nonflame-jet-type-leaks, it has the longest dwell time in the vessel before the rupture disc blows, thus terminating the IHTS pressure rise. Its potential for generating secondary leaks is considered high. It is easy to postulate the generation of such a leak starting with small leak wastage and progressing into larger and larger leak sizes by self-wastage and adjacent tube wastage. On the other hand, it is not easy to postulate an instantaneous DEG failure in a properly designed and manufactured steam generator. All small leaks which are not terminated would appear to progress in stages which eventually pass through the transition size before they generate sufficient pressure to burst the rupture disc. For these reasons major emphasis is placed on the transition leak size

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[en] Steam generator tube failure mechanisms that have been observed in experiments or that have been postulated are discussed. The DBL for CRBRP and a proposed DBL for future large LMFBR steam generators are described. Safety considerations and philosophy in selection of Design Basis Leaks (DBL) are presented. A discussion of the Large Leak Test Rig (LLTR) Series II program support of the DBL selection for future large LMFBR steam generators is included

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[en] Full text: A 51-year-old woman with end stage renal failure secondary to Haemolytic Uraemic syndrome underwent a cadaveric renal transplant. A routine post transplant DTPA scan was performed which demonstrated satisfactory renal transplant perfusion and function. Incidental note was made of tracer uptake in the pelvis in the mid-line, which was suspected to be a uterine fibroid. This was confirmed on ultrasonography and at surgery. One week post transplantation the patient became acutely unwell and at laparotomy a perforated diverticular abscess was drained. Intraoperatively the transplant kidney was examined and the surgeon thought there was a area of infarction. This was confirmed on biopsy. As the patient's creatinine was rising a repeat DTPA study was performed. Perfusion and function of the transplant kidney was virtually absent while Doppler studies showed no flow. The patient however continued to produce urine and the creatinine was stable. Subsequently a mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG) 3 study was performed which again confirmed absent perfusion and function by the the transplanted kidney as well as the previous noted uterine fibroid. The native kidneys however demonstrated good perfusion and function. The patient's renal function remained stable and she did not require dialysis. A necrotic infarcted transplant kidney was removed uneventfully. This case illustrates the importance of imaging the native kidneys as well as the transplant kidney when there are puzzling clinical features. The presumed cause of the recovery of native renal function was the immunosuppression given for the transplant. Copyright (2002) The Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine Inc