Nondestructive Evaluation Program. Progress in 1985

Technical Report · Thu May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5862496

Dau, G J; Behravesh, M M; Liu, S N; Oldberg, T; Avioli, Jr, M J; Scheibel, J R; Sharma, D; Norris, D M; Tagart, Jr, S W; Griesbach, T J

The increasing cost of equipment for power generating plants and the potential increases in productivity and safety available through rapidly developing Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) technology led EPRI to initiate a Nondestructive Evaluation Program in 1974. To date, the major focus has been on light water reactor inspection problems; however, increased application to other systems is now under way. This report presents a comprehensive review of the EPRI effort in the NDE area. Most of the report consists of contractor-supplied progress on each current project. An organizational plan of the program is presented in overview. In addition, organization from several viewpoint is presented, e.g., in-service inspection operators, R and D personnel, and utility representatives. As the seventh in a planned series of annual progress reports on EPRI-funded NDE activities, this report also serves as the proceedings of the EPRI Joint NDE/Structural Mechanics information meeting held in Palo Alto, California, on November 20-21, 1986. It summarizes progress made since the previous EPRI Special Report NP-3821-SR was issued in May 1985. Section 1 contains information about the program organization, and the sections that follow contains contractor-supplied progress reports of each current project. The progress reports are grouped by plant components - pipe, pressure vessel, steam generator and boiler tubes, and turbine. In addition, Part 6 is devoted to discussions of technology transfer.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5862496
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-4315-SR; ON: TI86920291
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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STEAM GENERATORS
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