Failure prevention is central to the operation of nuclear power plants. To meet this goal there is growing interest in new and improved philosophies and methodologies for plant life management (PLiM), 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 reactive responses based on ISI to become proactive, through the investigation of the potential for implementation of a proactive management of materials degradation (PMMD) program and its potential impact on the management of LWRs.
Revised: April 27, 2010 |
Published: May 1, 2009
Citation
Bond L.J., S.R. Doctor, S.M. Bruemmer, S.E. Cumblidge, A. Hull, and S. Malik. 2009.Failure Prevention For Nuclear Power Plants Through Proactive Management of Materials Degradation (PMMD). In Failure Prevention: Implementation, Success Stories and Lessons Learned:
Proceedings of the 2009 Conference of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT), edited by R Wade and H Barnard, 389-408. Dayton, Ohio:Society for Machinery Failure and Prevention Technology. PNNL-SA-64480.