%A"Lemaitre, P" %A"Eriksen, B" %A"Crutzen, S [European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre, Petten (Netherlands)]" %A"Hansch, M [Preussische Elektrizitaets-AG (Preussenelektra), Hannover (Germany)]" %A"Whittle, J [AEA Technology, Warrington (United Kingdom)]" %D1998 %I; Stuttgart Univ. (Germany). Staatliche Materialpruefungsanstalt %2 %J[] %K21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS, 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES, IN-SERVICE INSPECTION, NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, DEFECTS, PIPES, QUALITY ASSURANCE, PERSONNEL, RELIABILITY, TRAINING, EUROPE, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTOR SAFETY, REGULATIONS, NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING %PMedium: ED; Size: pp. 41.1-41.13 %TThe ENIQ pilot study: current status %XA pilot study is currently being carried out by ENIQ (European Network for Inspection Qualification) in order to explore the issues involved in inspection qualification applied along the general principles of the European methodology. The components selected for the pilot study are austenitic pipe to pipe and pipe to elbows welds typical of those in BWR recirculation loops. A range of defect parameters has been defined. A suitable inspection procedure designed to find the designated defects will be applied to geometrically representative test pieces. The procedure/equipment will be qualified through open trials and technical justification. The personnel qualification will be done in a blind way. Once all features of the inspection system will have been qualified an in-service inspection will be simulated in order to test the feasibility of the qualification approach followed. In this paper the current status of this pilot study is discussed. (orig.) %0Conference %NINIS-DE-0022; CONF-9710266-;Other: ON: DE99704622; TRN: DE98FG171 %1 %CGermany %Rhttps://doi.org/ Other: ON: DE99704622; TRN: DE98FG171 DEN %GEnglish