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

Technical Report · Sun May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/841248· OSTI ID:841248

Hannaman, G William; Wilkinson, C Dan

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.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Institute (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (NE) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: FC07-03ID14536
• OSTI ID: 841248
• Report Number(s): 1011709; TRN: US0502703
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 15 May 2005
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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