IAEA programme on managing safety aspects of ageing nuclear power plants

J. Pachner

doi:10.1515/kern-2002-0065

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IAEA programme on managing safety aspects of ageing nuclear power plants

J. Pachner

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From the journal Kerntechnik Volume 67 Issue 4

Abstract

In view of an increasing age of nuclear power plants, many of which are planning or considering extending service life to 5060 years, ensuring the safety and reliability of ageing nuaclear power plants is an important task of the nuclear industry, national safety authorities, and international organizations such as the IAEA. This paper presents an overview of IAEA work on safety aspects of ageing nuclear power plants and indicates future direction aimed at strengthening capabilities of IAEA Member States in managing long-term nuclear power plant safety.

Abstract

Angesichts des steigenden Alters von Kernkraftwerken, von denen viele eine Erweiterung der Betriebszeiten auf 50–60 Jahre planen, ist die Gewährleistung der Sicherheit und der Zuverlässigkeit von alternden Kernkraftwerken eine wichtige Aufgabe in der kerntechnischen Industrie, bei nationalen Behörden und internationalen Organisationen wie z. B. der IAEA. Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über das Programm der IAEA zu Sicherheitsaspekten alternder Kernkraftwerke, dessen Ziel auch in Zukunft die Unterstützung und Stärkung der Möglichkeiten der IAEA Mitgliedsstaaten zur Gewährleistung der Langzeit-Sicherheit von Kernkraftwerken ist.

Acknowledgement

It has been a privilege to lead and manage since 1990 the IAEA work on managing safety aspects of ageing NPPs. This gave me the opportunity to bring together and work with many experts from design, operating, technical support, regulatory, and research organizations. Results described in the paper were produced together with these experts. The main contributors included:

Juan Carlos Almagro and Dario Jinchuk from Argentina; Tim Andreeff, Anand Anandakumaran, Chris Cragg, Pel Castaldo, Brian Jarman, Bill Clendening, Cedric Jobe, Carmina Maruska, Bill Nowak, Ken Pereira, Claude Seni, Basma Shalaby, Don Stonkus, Peter Wigful, Raidis Zemdegs from Canada; Kaisa Simola from Finland; Roger Capel, François Carlin, Frederic Boutaud, Claude Faidy, Jean-Yves Henry, Jean-Pierre Hutin, Alain Paziaud, Pierre Petrequin, François-Noel Remy from France; Bohumil Bartonicek, Milan Brumovsky, Radim Havel, Petr Krs, Karel Matocha, Vladivoj Reznik from Czech Republic; Peter Berg, Manfred Erve, Wolfgang Michel, Jürgen Schmidt from Germany; Joga Singh Bora, Ashok Kumar Ghosh, Prabhat Kumar from India; Naotaki Ito, Hisaaki Kudoh, Akira Nonaka, Hideyuki Okazaki, Wataru Sagawa, Takao Takahashi from Japan; Chi Se-Hwan, Hwang Ill-Soon, Jin Tae-Eun, Sohn Gap-Heon from Korea; Bob de Boer, André de Jong from the Netherlands; Sergei Bugaenko, Alexander Kononenko, Yuri Dragunov from Russia; Karol Rovny from Slovak Republic; Leon Cizelj from Slovenia; Javier Alonso Chicote, Juan Bros from Spain; Tore Nilsson, Kjell Spang from Sweden; Walter Heep, Peter Krebs, Jan Stejskal, Marc Tavlet, Kurt Thoma, Phillip Tipping from Switzerland; Phil Banks, Sue Burnay, Derek Goodison, Jim Seddon, Brian Tomkins, Bill West, John Wintle from the United Kingdom; Lee Banic, Art DuCharme, Bob Hermannn, Pat Higgins, Phil Holzman, David Hostetler, John Hutchinson, Chris Gratton, Soni Kasturi, Pao-Tsin Kuo, Phil MacDonald, Dan Naus, Tom Mager, Vik Shah, Jeff Statton, Tom Tai, Gary Toman, Jit Vora from the United States.

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Received: 2002-06-20

Published Online: 2022-03-14

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