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[en] At present, there are over four hundred operational nuclear power plants (NPPs) in IAEA Member States. Operating experience has shown that effective control of the ageing degradation of the major NPP components (e.g. caused by unanticipated phenomena and by operating, maintenance or manufacturing errors) is one of the most important issues for plant safety and also plant life. Ageing in these NPPs must be therefore effectively managed to ensure the availability of design functions throughout the plant service life. From the safety perspective, this means controlling within acceptable limits the ageing degradation and wearout of plant components important to safety so that adequate safety margins remain, i.e. integrity and functional capability in excess of normal operating requirements. IAEA-TECDOC-1119 documents ageing assessment and management practices for PWR Reactor Vessel Internals (RVIs) that were current at the time of its finalization in 1997-1998. Safety significant operating events have occurred since the finalization of the TECDOC, e.g. irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) of baffle-former bolts, which threatened the integrity of the vessel internals. In addition, concern of fretting wear of control rod guide tubes has been raised in Japan. These events led to new ageing management actions by both NPP operators and regulators. Therefore it was recognized that IAEA-TECDOC-1119 should be updated by incorporating those new events and their countermeasures. The objective of this report is to update relevant sections of the existing IAEA-TECDOC- 1119 in order to provide current ageing management guidance for PWR RVIs to all involved in the operation and regulation of PWRs and thus to help ensure PWR safety in IAEA Member States throughout their entire service life
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Jun 2007; 76 p; ISBN 978-92-0-105107-3;
; ISSN 1011-4289;
; Also available on-line: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/TE_1557_web.pdf; For availability on CD-ROM, please contact IAEA, Sales and Promotion Unit: E-mail: sales.publications@iaea.org; Web site: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/tecdocs.asp; 32 refs, 9 figs, 13 tabs


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CHEMICAL REACTIONS, CONTAINERS, CORROSION, DECOMPOSITION, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, LAWS, LIFETIME, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, POWER PLANTS, POWER REACTORS, PYROLYSIS, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTORS, THERMAL POWER PLANTS, THERMAL REACTORS, THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES, TUBES, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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