Reliability centered maintenance streamlining through lessons learned

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States)

OSTI ID:5083397

Strong, D K ^[1]

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1. Public Service Electric and Gas, Hancocks Bridge, NJ (US)

In late 1986, PSE and G concluded that the Nuclear Department would develop a consistent approach to maintenance at Artificial Island (Salem and Hope Creak nuclear units). Preventive maintenance (PM) would be the heart of this approach. In the last six months of 1987 departments affected by the maintenance program participated on working groups that developed the Artificial Island maintenance philosophy. The central theme of the maintenance philosophy is the RCM (reliability centered maintenance) process. A pilot project tested the process in 1988. In 1989 the Central PM Group formed and in 1990 was given responsibility and authority to analyze, approve, implement, and control PM program changes. RCM is the central theme of the PM improvement effort but not the whole effort. Other important pieces included in this paper are: development of a common PM program, improvement of work instructions, development of predictive maintenance techniques into programs, development of a PM basis database, development of PM feedback from failure trends, root cause analysis, maintenance performance indicators, technicians, and engineers.

• OSTI ID: 5083397
• Report Number(s): CONF-9104106--
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States), Journal Name: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States) Vol. 53; ISSN PAPWA; ISSN 0097-2126
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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