Cable condition monitoring research activities at Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories is currently conducting long-term aging research on representative samples of nuclear power plant cables. The objectives of the program are to determine the suitability of these cables for extended life (beyond 40 year design basis) and to assess various cable condition monitoring techniques for predicting remaining cable life. The cables are being aged for long times at relatively mild exposure conditions with various condition monitoring techniques to be employed during the aging process. Following the aging process, the cables will be exposed to a sequential accident profile consisting of high dose rate irradiation followed by a simulated design basis loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) steam exposure. 12 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 5431308
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-88-0293C; CONF-880240-1; ON: DE88005615
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: EPRI cable condition monitoring workshop, San Francisco, CA, USA, 16 Feb 1988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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