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Online Condition Monitoring to Enable Extended Operation of Nuclear Power Plants

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Safe, secure, and economic operation of nuclear power plants will remain of strategic significance. New and improved monitoring will likely have increased significance in the post-Fukushima world. Prior to Fukushima, many activities were already underway globally to facilitate operation of nuclear power plants beyond their initial licensing periods. Decisions to shut down a nuclear power plant are mostly driven by economic considerations. Online condition monitoring is a means to improve both the safety and economics of extending the operating lifetimes of nuclear power plants, enabling adoption of proactive aging management. With regard to active components (e.g., pumps, valves, motors, etc.), significant experience in other industries has been leveraged to build the science base to support adoption of online condition-based maintenance and proactive aging management in the nuclear industry. Many of the research needs are associated with enabling proactive management of aging in passive components (e.g., pipes, vessels, cables, containment structures, etc.). This paper provides an overview of online condition monitoring for the nuclear power industry with an emphasis on passive components. Following the overview, several technology/knowledge gaps are identified, which require addressing to facilitate widespread online condition monitoring of passive components.

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Acknowledgements

Parts of the work were supported by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Department of Energy under the Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program and through the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL), Sustainable Nuclear Power Initiative—Reactor Aging Management Focus Area. The work was performed at PNNL, a multi-program national laboratory operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Meyer, R.M., Bond, L.J., Ramuhalli, P. (2014). Online Condition Monitoring to Enable Extended Operation of Nuclear Power Plants. In: Yoshikawa, H., Zhang, Z. (eds) Progress of Nuclear Safety for Symbiosis and Sustainability. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54610-8_17

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