The author has spent more than 25 years conducting engineering and research studies to quantify the performance of nondestructive evaluation (NDE) in nuclear power plant (NPP) applications and identifying improvements to codes and standards for NDE to manage materials degradation. This paper will review this fundamental NDE engineering/research work and then look to the future on how NDE can be optimized for proactively managing materials degradation in NPP components.
Revised: June 28, 2010 |
Published: April 1, 2009
Citation
Doctor S.R. 2009.The History and Future of NDE in the Management of Nuclear Power Plant Materials Degradation. In Proceedings of the ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference 2008, 5, 197-207. New York:American Society for Mechanical Engineers.PNNL-SA-60233.