Guideline for the seismic technical evaluation of replacement items for nuclear power plants

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:7369041

Harris, S P; Cushing, R W ^[1]; Johnson, H W ^[2]; Abeles, J M ^[3]

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1. EQE International, San Francisco, CA (United States)
2. Programmatic Solutions, Smithtown, NY (United States)
3. System 1, Inc., Potomac, MD (United States)

Seismic qualification for equipment originally installed in nuclear power plants was typically performed by the original equipment suppliers or manufactures (OES/OEM). Many of the OES/OEM no longer maintain quality assurance programs with adequate controls for supplying nuclear equipment. Utilities themselves must provide reasonable assurance in the continued seismic adequacy of such replacement items. This guideline provides practical, cost-effective techniques which can be used to provide reasonable assurance that replacement items will meet seismic performance requirements necessary to maintain the seismic design basis of commercial nuclear power plants. It also provides a method for determining when a seismic technical evaluation of replacement items (STERI) is required as part of the procurement process for spare and replacement items. Guidance on supplier program requirements necessary to maintain continued seismic adequacy and on documentation of maintaining required seismic adequacy is also included.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); EQE International, San Francisco, CA (United States); EQE, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7369041
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-7484
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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