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, VA
fDate :
6/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
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 :
Degradation; Failure analysis; Hardware; Inductors; Lubrication;
Journal_Title :
Power Engineering Review, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPER.1986.5527997