AGING MANAGEMENT USING PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF MATERIALS DEGRADATION

Journal Article · Mon Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3362326· OSTI ID:21371022

Doctor, S R; Bond, L J; Cumblidge, S E; Bruemmer, S M; Taylor, W B ^[1]; Carpenter, C E; Hull, A B; Malik, S N ^[2]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352 (United States)
2. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C. 20555-0001 (United States)

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. 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 program and its application to nuclear power plant structures, systems, and components.

• OSTI ID: 21371022
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1211, Issue 1; Conference: Review of progress in quantitative nondestructive evaluation, Kingston, RI (United States), 26-31 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3362326; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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