Understanding and mitigating ageing in nuclear power plants : materials and operational aspects of plant life management (PLiM) / edited by Philip G. Tipping.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tipping, Philip G.

Series:

Woodhead Publishing in energy ; no. 4.

Woodhead Publishing series in energy, 2044-9364 ; no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear reactors--Materials.

Nuclear reactors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (953 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Woodhead Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plant life management (PLiM) is a methodology focussed on the safety-first management of nuclear power plants over their entire lifetime. It incorporates and builds upon the usual periodic safety reviews and licence renewals as part of an overall framework designed to assist plant operators and regulators in assessing the operating conditions of a nuclear power plant, and establishing the technical and economic requirements for safe, long-term operation.Understanding and mitigating ageing in nuclear power plants critically reviews the fundamental ageing-degradation mechanisms of materi

Contents:

pt. I. Introduction to plant life management (PLiM), safety regulation and economics of nuclear power plants

pt. II. Ageing degradation of irradiated materials in nuclear power plant systems, structures and components (SSC) : mechanisms, effects and mitigation techniques

pt. III. Analysis of nuclear power plant materials, and application of advanced systems, structures and components (SSC)

pt. IV. Plant life management (PLiM) practices in nuclear power plants.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61344-379-X

1-84569-995-5

OCLC:

867317770