Effect of test-caused degradation on the unavailability of standby safety components

This paper proposes a safety-critical standby component unavailability model that contains aging effects caused by the elapsed time from installation, component degradation due to surveillance tests, and imperfect maintenance actions. An application of the model to a Motor-Operated Valve and a Motor...

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Main Authors: S. Parsaei, A. Pirouzmand, M.R. Nematollahi, A. Ahmadi, K. Hadad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573323004849