Guidance for Optimizing Nuclear Power Plant Maintenance Programmes

Guidance for Optimizing Nuclear Power Plant Maintenance Programmes
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The objective of the project on Optimization of Nuclear Power Plant Overall Performance within the IAEA's subprogramme of Nuclear Power Planning, Implementation and Performance is to systematically improve the overall performance and compeititiveness of nuclear power plants (NPPs) with due regard to safety through the application of technological and engineering best practices, including quality assurance/quality management, and the utilization of relevant databases. As an integrated part of this project, the Technical Working Group on Life Management of NPPs deals with the managerial and engineering aspects of NPP maintenance, its optimization process with special regard to the importance of condition monitoring in maintenance strategies and the contribution of maintenance to managing the lifetime of operating NPPs. This publication was developed in the above framework with the objective to collect and analyse proven maintenance optimization methods and techniques (engineering and organizational) in Member States.

Safety and Reliability

Safety and Reliability
Author: S. Lydersen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
Total Pages: 768
Release: 1998-03
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9789054109679

Examining the effect of age, environment, design and maintenance, these papers discuss how legislation and regulation in the management of systems deals with the topic of safety and reliability.

Implementation Strategies and Tools for Condition Based Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants

Implementation Strategies and Tools for Condition Based Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher: IAEA
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789201039071

There is a need to optimise the maintenance of nuclear power plants, both to improve reliability and increase competitiveness. The tendency is to move from preventative (time based) maintenance to one dependent on the condition of plant and its components. This publication collects and analyses proven condition based maintenance strategies and techniques in Member States as well as selected papers on maintenance optimisation.

Maintenance Optimization Programme for Nuclear Power Plants

Maintenance Optimization Programme for Nuclear Power Plants
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789201109163

This publication deals with the latest nuclear power plant maintenance optimization programmes and provides key requirements and strategies for successful implementation. It documents shared proven maintenance optimization methods and techniques from Member States, including more detailed examples in the annexes of this publication.

Advances in Safety and Reliability

Advances in Safety and Reliability
Author: C. Guedes Soares
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 791
Release: 1997-06-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080552153

These three volumes comprise the papers presented at the ESREL '97 International Conference on Safety and Reliability held in Lisbon, Portugal, 17-20 June 1997. The purpose of the annual ESREL conferences is to provide a forum for the presentation of technical and scientific papers covering both methods and applications of safety and reliability to a wide range of industrial sectors and technical disciplines and, in so doing, to enhance cross-fertilization between them.A broad view is taken of safety and reliability which includes probabilistically-based methods, or, more generally, methods that deal with the quantification of the uncertainty in the knowledge of the real world and with decision-making under this uncertainty.The areas covered include: design and product liability; availability, reliability and maintainability; assessment and management of risks to technical systems; health and the environment; and mathematical methods of reliability and statistical analysis of data.The organization of the book closely follows the sessions of the conference with each of the three volumes containing papers from two parallel sessions, comprising a total of 270 papers by authors from 35 countries.

Sustainability of Life Cycle Management for Nuclear Cementation-Based Technologies

Sustainability of Life Cycle Management for Nuclear Cementation-Based Technologies
Author: Rehab O. Abdel Rahman
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128183292

Sustainability of Life Cycle Management for Nuclear Cementation-Based Technologies, edited by Dr. Rahman and Dr. Ojovan, presents the latest knowledge and research on the management of cementitious systems within nuclear power plants. The book covers aging, development and updates on regulatory frameworks on a global scale, the development of cementitious systems for the immobilization of problematic wastes, and the decommissioning and decontamination of complex cementitious systems. The book's editors and their team of experts combine their practical knowledge to provide the reader with a thorough understanding on the sustainability of lifecycle management of cementitious systems within the nuclear industry. Sections provide a comparative tool that presents national regulations concerning cementitious systems within nuclear power plants, check international and national evaluation results of the sustainability of different systems, help in the development of performance test procedures, and provide a guide on aging nuclear power plants and the long-term behavior of these systems in active and passive safety environments. - Presents the latest information on the behavior of different cementitious systems used in the nuclear industry in one comprehensive resource - Includes scientific justifications of system behavior during the design, operation, maintenance and decommissioning phases - Aids the reader in the development of evaluation tests for problematic wastes

Reliability of Nuclear Power Plants

Reliability of Nuclear Power Plants
Author: Andre Lannoy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2022-08-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1394165471

Since the 1970s, the field of industrial reliability has evolved significantly, in part due to the design and early operation of the first generation nuclear power plants. Indeed, the needs of this sector have led to the development of specific and innovative reliability methods, which have since been taken up and adapted by other industrial sectors, leading to the development of the management of uncertainties and Health and Usage Monitoring Systems. In this industry, reliability assessment approaches have matured. There are now methods, data and tools available that can be used with confidence for many industrial applications. The purpose of this book is to present and illustrate them with real study cases. The book addresses the evolution of reliability methods, experience feedback and expertise (as data is essential for estimating reliability), the reliability of socio-technical systems and probabilistic safety assessments, the structural reliability and probabilistic models in mechanics, the reliability of equipment and the impact of maintenance on their behavior, human and organizational factors and the impact of big data on reliability. Finally, some R&D perspectives that can be developed in the future are presented. Written by several engineers, statisticians and human and organizational factors specialists in the nuclear sector, this book is intended for all those who are faced with a reliability assessment of their installations or equipment: decision-makers, engineers, designers, operation or maintenance engineers, project managers, human and organizational factors specialists, experts and regulatory authority inspectors, teachers, researchers and doctoral students.