Managing aging in nuclear power plants [electronic resource] : Insights from NRC's Maintenance Team Inspection reports
- Published:
- Rockville, Md. : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1992.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- Pages: (10 pages) : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary:
- A plant's maintenance program is the principal vehicle through which age-related degradation is managed. From 1988 to 1991, the NRC evaluated the maintenance program of every nuclear power plant in the United States. Forty-four out of a total of sixty-seven of the reports issued on these in-depth team inspections have been reviewed for insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the programs as related to the need to understand and manage the effects of aging on nuclear plant structures, systems, and components (SSCs). Relevant information has been extracted from these inspection reports sorted into several categories; including Specific Aging Insights, Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance and Condition Monitoring, Post Maintenance Testing, Failure Trending, Root Cause Analysis and Usage of Probabilistic Risk Assessment in the Maintenance Process. Specific examples of inspection and monitoring techniques successfully used by utilities to detect degradation due to aging have been identified.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:bnl-nureg-48225
E 1.99: conf-921007--19
conf-921007--19
bnl-nureg-48225 - Subject(s):
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1992.
"bnl-nureg-48225"
" conf-921007--19"
"DE93006652"
20. water reactor safety information meeting, Bethesda, MD (United States), 21-23 Oct 1992.
Fresco, A.; Subudhi, M. - Funding Information:
- AC02-76CH00016
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