Moving Beyond Nondestructive Examination to Proactive Management of Materials Degradation

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Title: Moving Beyond Nondestructive Examination to Proactive Management of Materials Degradation

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There is growing interest in life extensions to enable longer term operation (LTO) for both existing nuclear power plants (NPPs) and proposed new NPPs. In order to justify an initial license extension for the 40-60 year period, new non-destructive examination (NDE) approaches have been developed and deployed by NPP operators in their Aging Management Programs (AMPs). However, to achieve the goals of even longer term operation, and specifically for the USA in looking at methodologies to support subsequent license renewal periods (i.e., 60-80 years, and beyond), it is necessary to understand the capabilities of current NDE methods to detect, monitor and trend degradation and hence enable timely implementation of appropriate corrective actions. This paper discusses insights from past experience, the state-of-the-art, and current activities in the move towards providing a capacity for proactive management of materials degradation (PMMD) to support NPP LTO.

Authors:: Bond, Leonard J

Publication Date:: 2010-07-01

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1032421

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-78799
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-9930; JPVTAS; TRN: US1200422

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 134; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-9930

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; AGING; DETECTION; LICENSING; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; advanced diagnostics; prognostics; nuclear; Information tools power

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  title        = {Moving Beyond Nondestructive Examination to Proactive Management of Materials Degradation},

  author       = {Bond, Leonard J},

  abstractNote = {There is growing interest in life extensions to enable longer term operation (LTO) for both existing nuclear power plants (NPPs) and proposed new NPPs. In order to justify an initial license extension for the 40-60 year period, new non-destructive examination (NDE) approaches have been developed and deployed by NPP operators in their Aging Management Programs (AMPs). However, to achieve the goals of even longer term operation, and specifically for the USA in looking at methodologies to support subsequent license renewal periods (i.e., 60-80 years, and beyond), it is necessary to understand the capabilities of current NDE methods to detect, monitor and trend degradation and hence enable timely implementation of appropriate corrective actions. This paper discusses insights from past experience, the state-of-the-art, and current activities in the move towards providing a capacity for proactive management of materials degradation (PMMD) to support NPP LTO.},

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