Prognostics health management and life beyond 60 for nuclear power plants

Author

Ramuhalli, Pradeep ; Coble, Jamie ; Meyer, Ryan M. ; Bond, Leonard J.

Author_Institution

Appl. Phys. Group, Pacific Northwest Nat. Lab., Richland, WA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

8-9 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

There is growing interest in longer-term operation of the current US nuclear power plant (NPP) fleet. This paper presents an overview of prognostic health management (PHM) technologies that could play a role in the safe and effective operation of nuclear power plants during extended life. A case study in prognostics for materials degradation assessment, using laboratory-scale measurements, is briefly discussed, and technical gaps that need to be addressed prior to PHM system deployment for nuclear power life extension are presented.

Keywords

condition monitoring; maintenance engineering; nuclear power stations; power generation reliability; PHM system deployment; PHM technologies; US NPP fleet; US nuclear power plant fleet; laboratory-scale measurements; material degradation assessment; nuclear power life extension; nuclear power plant operation; nuclear power plant safety; prognostic health management; Aging; Degradation; Inductors; Laboratories; Materials; Prognostics and health management; Sensors; Life extension; Nondestructive Evualuation; Nuclear Power Plants; PHM; Prognostics; Reliability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future of Instrumentation International Workshop (FIIW), 2012

Conference_Location

Gatlinburg, TN

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2483-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIIW.2012.6378350

Filename

6378350