• DocumentCode
    1272667
  • 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
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    6/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    34
  • Lastpage
    34
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Engineering Review, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPER.1986.5527997
  • Filename
    5527997