Evaluation of NRC maintenance team inspection reports for managing aging
A nuclear power plant's maintenance program is the principal vehicle through which age-related degradation is managed. Over the past two years, the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) has evaluated the maintenance program of every nuclear power plant in the U.S. The reports issued on these in-depth team inspections have been reviewed to ascertain the strengths and weaknesses of the programs as related to the need to understand and manage the effects of aging on nuclear power plant systems, structures, and components. Selected results of this review are presented in this paper, including examples of inspection and monitoring techniques successfully used by utilities to detect degradation due to aging. Attributes of plant maintenance programs where the NRC inspectors felt that improvement was needed to properly address the aging issue are also discussed. 6 refs., 1 tab.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USNRC; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5791668
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-NUREG-45708; CONF-910426-4; ON: DE91010971; TRN: 91-015116
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Nuclear power plant and facility maintenance topical meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (USA), 7-11 Apr 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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