Evaluating the Effects of Aging on Electronic Instrument and Control Circuit Boards and Components in Nuclear Power Plants

doi:https://doi.org/10.2172/841248

Title: Evaluating the Effects of Aging on Electronic Instrument and Control Circuit Boards and Components in Nuclear Power Plants

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The report describes potentially useful techniques for monitoring the aging of I&C boards. The techniques have been grouped into: periodic testing, reliability modeling, resistance measures, signal comparison, eternal measures, and internal measures, each representing distinct theoretical approaches to detection and evaluation.

Authors:: Hannaman, G William; Wilkinson, C Dan

Publication Date:: 2005-05-15

Research Org.:: Electric Power Research Institute (US)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (NE) (US)

OSTI Identifier:: 841248

Report Number(s):: 1011709
TRN: US0502703

DOE Contract Number:: FC07-03ID14536

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: 15 May 2005

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; AGING; DETECTION; EVALUATION; MONITORING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; TESTING; INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC BOARDS AND COMPONENTS; ELECTRONIC BOARD AGING; ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AGING; CIRCUIT BOARDS; AGING MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE

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                    Hannaman, G William, and Wilkinson, C Dan. Evaluating the Effects of Aging on Electronic Instrument and Control Circuit Boards and Components in Nuclear Power Plants.  United States: N. p., 2005. 
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                    Hannaman, G William, & Wilkinson, C Dan. Evaluating the Effects of Aging on Electronic Instrument and Control Circuit Boards and Components in Nuclear Power Plants.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/841248

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                    Hannaman, G William, and Wilkinson, C Dan. Sun .  
        "Evaluating the Effects of Aging on Electronic Instrument and Control Circuit Boards and Components in Nuclear Power Plants".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/841248.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/841248.

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