Methodology to assess the economic feasibility of implementing risk-informed inservice inspection (RI-ISI) programs. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:354978

Klepacki, F ^[1]; Gamble, R M ^[2]

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1. Rochester Gas and Electric Corp., NY (United States)
2. Sartrex Corp., Rockville, MD (United States)

Recently, guidelines have been defined for employing risk insights in the development of inservice inspection (ISI) programs for nuclear piping. Application of these guidelines will require utilities to evaluate the potential for the presence of degradation mechanisms in piping and to assess the consequence of piping failure. These evaluations represent new technology and work for utility engineers and can require significant expense and technical and licensing resources for implementation. This report describes a methodology that can be used to determine the economic feasibility of implementing a risk-informed inservice inspection (RI-ISI) program.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Rochester Gas and Electric Corp., NY (United States); Sartrex Corp., Rockville, MD (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 354978
• Report Number(s): EPRI-TR--107613
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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IN-SERVICE INSPECTION
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PIPES
REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS
RECOMMENDATIONS
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RISK ASSESSMENT
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