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Preventive and Predictive Maintenance, Warehousing of Spares, Periodic Testing and In-Service Inspection Activities at the Nigerian Research Reactor-1 Facility

Abstract

The Nigerian Research Reactor–1, or NIRR-1, is sited at Centre for Energy Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Activities on preventive or routine maintenance have been institutionalized since the commissioning of the reactor in February 2004. This has grossly reduced the rates of corrective maintenance activities and helped the reactor management a great deal in predicting failure rates of reactor components and other auxiliary units. Routine maintenance of systems and components are being carried out on a weekly, quarterly and annual basis based on manufacturer’s recommendations, which have been reviewed and improved over the years. The paper presents the implementation of maintenance activities in NIRR-1 from its initial criticality in 2004 till today and the new scheme for periodic testing and in-service-inspection developed after an IAEA Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors mission. The measures put in place are envisaged to reduce the negative impact of ageing on NIRR-1 and its auxiliary systems. (author)
Authors:
Yusuf, I.; Mati, A. A.; Dewu, B. B.M., [1] 
  1. Centre for Energy Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (Nigeria)
Publication Date:
Aug 15, 2014
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-TECDOC-1748
Resource Relation:
Conference: IAEA Technical Meeting on Research Reactor Ageing Management, Modernization and Refurbishment, Vienna (Austria), 10-14 Oct 2011; Other Information: 6 refs., 3 tabs.; Related Information: In: Project Experiences in Research Reactor Ageing Management, Modernization and Refurbishment. Report of a Technical Meeting on Research Reactor Ageing Management, Modernization and Refurbishment| 208 p.
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; AGING; AUXILIARY SYSTEMS; CRITICALITY; IAEA; IN-SERVICE INSPECTION; MANAGEMENT; NIGERIA; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PERIODICITY; REACTOR COMMISSIONING; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MAINTENANCE; RESEARCH REACTORS; REVIEWS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAINING
OSTI ID:
22278480
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Research Reactor Section, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISBN 978-92-0-107814-8; ISSN 1011-4289; TRN: XA14M5967099835
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form. Also available on-line: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/TE-1748_web.pdf; Enquiries should be addressed to IAEA, Marketing and Sales Unit, Publishing Section, E-mail: sales.publications@iaea.org; Web site: http://www.iaea.org/books
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 104-109
Announcement Date:
Nov 19, 2014

Citation Formats

Yusuf, I., Mati, A. A., and Dewu, B. B.M.,. Preventive and Predictive Maintenance, Warehousing of Spares, Periodic Testing and In-Service Inspection Activities at the Nigerian Research Reactor-1 Facility. IAEA: N. p., 2014. Web.
Yusuf, I., Mati, A. A., & Dewu, B. B.M.,. Preventive and Predictive Maintenance, Warehousing of Spares, Periodic Testing and In-Service Inspection Activities at the Nigerian Research Reactor-1 Facility. IAEA.
Yusuf, I., Mati, A. A., and Dewu, B. B.M.,. 2014. "Preventive and Predictive Maintenance, Warehousing of Spares, Periodic Testing and In-Service Inspection Activities at the Nigerian Research Reactor-1 Facility." IAEA.
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title = {Preventive and Predictive Maintenance, Warehousing of Spares, Periodic Testing and In-Service Inspection Activities at the Nigerian Research Reactor-1 Facility}
author = {Yusuf, I., Mati, A. A., and Dewu, B. B.M.,}
abstractNote = {The Nigerian Research Reactor–1, or NIRR-1, is sited at Centre for Energy Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Activities on preventive or routine maintenance have been institutionalized since the commissioning of the reactor in February 2004. This has grossly reduced the rates of corrective maintenance activities and helped the reactor management a great deal in predicting failure rates of reactor components and other auxiliary units. Routine maintenance of systems and components are being carried out on a weekly, quarterly and annual basis based on manufacturer’s recommendations, which have been reviewed and improved over the years. The paper presents the implementation of maintenance activities in NIRR-1 from its initial criticality in 2004 till today and the new scheme for periodic testing and in-service-inspection developed after an IAEA Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors mission. The measures put in place are envisaged to reduce the negative impact of ageing on NIRR-1 and its auxiliary systems. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {2014}
month = {Aug}
}