Research and Application of Reliability Management Process in Nuclear Power Plants

In order to ensure nuclear operational reliability, reduce production downtime while saving operation and maintenance cost, applying equipment reliability management has become a significant approach for nuclear power plants (NPPs). A traditional equipment reliability management process (AP-913) for NPPs has been developed by Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). Many studies and implementation activities have been done by us according to the process, thus some potential improvement opportunities have been identified. Based on the application experience and good practices from other references, some practical improvement recommendations have been proposed. The proposed ones can offer to assist the NPPs to implement a more accurate, effective and applicable reliability management in an efficient manner.