RCM at NPP Dukovany, Czech Republic

The Project components are: RCM course for beneficiaries of the Project; software - EPRI RCM Workstation 2.5; pilot RCM projects at NPP Dukovany and NPP Bohunice. For the pilot project at Dukovany Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is performed. As a result a proposal of the current PM programme revision was worked up in a form of a comparison between the recent PM tasks and the RCM recommendations. The plant maintenance history electronic databases are found to be comprehensive, but not ready for the reliability determination. The maintenance history doesn't contain an identification of specific failure modes. Therefore, generic reliability data were used at FMEA (Failure Modes: Component Type, Failure Mode ID, Failure Mode Description, Probability Value, and Probability Type). In some important cases, when the RCM recommendation was to change a current task interval, the RCM proposed task frequencies were calculated from real plant data which were verified and consulted. Further, condensate pumps maintenance strategy and failure rate review is made. RCM analysis and recommendations for the pump maintenance are presented. The RCM application to selected electric systems is also discussed. Based on the calculations, maintenance programme was modified