LWR Aging Management Using a Proactive Approach to Control Materials Degradation

Conference · Tue May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:974505

Bond, Leonard J; Doctor, Steven R; Cumblidge, Stephen E; Bruemmer, Stephen M; Taylor, W Boyd; Hull, Amy; Malik, Shah

Material issues can be the limiting factor for the operation of nuclear power plants. There is growing interest in new and improved philosophies and methodolgies for plant life management, which include the migration from reliance on periodic inservice inspection to include condition-based maintenance. A further step in the development of plant management is the move from proactive responses based on ISI to become proactive, through the investigation of the potential for implementation of a proactive management of materials degradation program and its potential impact on the managements of LWRs

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 974505
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-64363; 401001060
• Resource Relation: Conference: International Congress on the Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '09), May 10-14, 2009, Tokyo, Japan
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Prognostics
Materials Degradation