• DocumentCode
    1107544
  • Title

    The Development and Implementation of a Program to Improve the Performance of Reactor Trip Breakers after Salem

  • Author

    Stevens, H.H. ; Tucker, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg, Virginia
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    6/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    5
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    A program to improve the performance of reactor trip breakers after Salem is described. It consists of a maintenance program, a hardware program, and a followup program designed to correct the age-related lubrication degradation problem identified as a common mode failure mechanism by post-Salem investigations.
  • Keywords
    Circuit breakers; Control systems; Degradation; Failure analysis; Hardware; Inductors; Lubrication; Protection; Surveillance; Switchgear;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8969
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TEC.1986.4765692
  • Filename
    4765692
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1107544