Use of Performance Monitoring to Improve Reliability of Emergency Generators Diesel

Emergency diesel generators are one of the most important contributors to the core damage failure rate of nuclear power plants. Current required testing and maintenance procedures are excessively strict and expensive without any real justification. Probabilistic risk assessment is used to propose a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dulik, J. D., Golay, M. W.
Other Authors: Advanced Nuclear Power Technology Program (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Format: Technical Report
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Advanced Nuclear Power Program 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67647