An overview of the US Department of Energy Plant Lifetime Improvement Program
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
This paper provides a brief summary of the U.S. Department of Energy`s (USDOE`s) cooperative effort with the nuclear industry to develop technology to manage the effects of material degradation in systems, structures and components (SSCs) that impact plant safety or can significantly improve plant performance/economics and to establish and demonstrate the license renewal process. Also included are efforts to reduce decontamination/decommission costs, and reduce the uncertainty in long-term service-life decision making. During 1995, the Plant Lifetime Improvement (PLIM) Program was renamed the Commercial Operating Light Water Reactor (COLWR) Program activities are focused on sustaining the LWR option for domestic electricity generation by supporting operation of existing LWRs as long as they are safe, efficient, and economical. The status of the key projects is discussed in this paper.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 100442
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-95-0475C; CONF-951115-1; ON: DE95016658; TRN: 95:019410
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ANS international topical meeting on managing plant life, Nice (France), 28-30 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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