Aging Management using Proactive Management of Materials Degradation

Conference · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:994035

Doctor, Steven R; Bond, Leonard J; Cumblidge, Stephen E; Bruemmer, Stephen M; Taylor, W Boyd; Carpenter, C E ^[1]; Hull, Amy B; Malik, Shah

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has undertaken a program to lay the technical foundations for defining proactive actions to manage degradation of materials in light water reactors (LWRs). The current focus is existing plants; however, if applied to new construction, there is potential to better monitor and manage plants throughout their life cycle. This paper discusses the NRC’s Proactive Management of Materials Degradation (PMMD) program and its application to nuclear power plant structures, systems, and components (SSC).

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 994035
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-68200; 401001060; TRN: US1008169
• Resource Relation: Conference: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Volume 29: AIP Conference Proceedings, 1211:1879-1883
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
AGING
CONSTRUCTION
EVALUATION
LIFE CYCLE
MANAGEMENT
MONITORS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
WATER
Nuclear Power Plants
Materials Aging