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Plant availability may decrease due to the aging of unrepairable or hard to replace components. A methodology is described to investigate the feasibility of reducing the surveillance intervals of repairable components to offset such a reduction in plant availability. The methodology is illustrated using the 2-train residual heat removal system of a pressurized water reactor.
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Okazaki, T., Aldemir, T. (2004). Aging Effects on Time-Dependent Nuclear Plant Unavailability with Changing Surveillance Interval. In: Spitzer, C., Schmocker, U., Dang, V.N. (eds) Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-410-4_251
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