The Potential Role of New Technology for Enhanced Safety and Performance of Nuclear Power Plants Through Improved Service Maintenance

Abstract

Improvements of Safety and performance in nuclear facilities are important to the future of the world's nuclear power programs. Methods of enhancing safety are vital because of tenuous public acceptance of nuclear power following past accidents. Improved plant performance is critical for the economic feasibility of future nuclear power operations. An international cooperative program, created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is investigating ways to improve nuclear power plants safety and operation. This program will investigate methods to identify practices, procedures, policies, and organizational structures that promote safe and efficient operation of the plants. The program has no international boundaries which allows nuclear power programs worldwide to benefit (H-1).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245256

Entities

People

  • Ted G. Achorn

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Strategic Security Studies