The reliability-centered maintenance study at the Fast Flux Test Facility

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6883318· OSTI ID:6883318

Kessler, S F

A reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) program was applied to two Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) systems to evaluate this method for improving the equipment reliability and reducing maintenance costs. This technique is a systematic approach to failure analysis and maintenance task development. The RCM method was originally developed by the airline industry to reduce maintenance costs and improve reliability and it has since been adopted by the military. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has completed two pilot studies with a third in progress to determine the RCM applicability to the commercial nuclear power industry. These studies showed that the RCM methodology could be beneficial to the nuclear power industry. The EPRI study performed at the McGuire nuclear power station (EPRI 1986) was used as the model for the FFTF study.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 6883318
• Report Number(s): WHC-EP-0123; ON: DE88014649
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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