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Nuclear industry embraces reliability-centered maintenance

Journal Article · · Power Engineering; (United States)
OSTI ID:5883782
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  1. Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
This article discusses a common sense approach to maintenance that increases the reliability of power plants at a reasonable cost. The topic of the article include the debut of reliability centered maintenance (RCM) in the airline industry, early utility experience is reviewed, the rational behind RCM, implementing RCM, cost and benefits of the program, outage rate falls, the EPRI RCM user's group, and cost trends of one-time RCM costs.
OSTI ID:
5883782
Journal Information:
Power Engineering; (United States), Journal Name: Power Engineering; (United States) Vol. 97:7; ISSN POENAI; ISSN 0032-5961
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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