Understanding and Mitigating Ageing in Nuclear Power Plants - Materials and Operational Aspects of Plant Life Management (PLiM)

• Main Author: Tipping, Philip G.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Woodhead Publishing 2010; Woodhead publishing; Elsevier Science & Technology
• Edition: 1
• Series: Woodhead publishing series in energy
• Subjects: Electrical & Power Engineering; Electrical Safety; Industrial Safety; Materials; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear reactors - Safety measures; Safety & Industrial Hygiene

This book reviews the ageing-degradation mechanisms of materials used in nuclear power plant structures, systems and components, their relevant analysis and mitigation paths, and reactor-type specific plant life management (PLiM) practices. Obsolescence and other less obvious ageing-related aspects...