Understanding and Mitigating Ageing in Nuclear Power Plants

Dr Philip G. Tipping, is a Nuclear Energy and Materials Consultant, and was formerly a Senior Materials Specialist/Metallurgist at the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI), Switzerland. He is noted for his research into ageing degradation in nuclear power plant materials and was lead author of IAEA Technical Report Series No. 448: Plant Life Management for Long Term Operation of Light Water Reactors.

• Part 1 Introduction to PLiM: Nuclear energy, materials and operations; Key elements of PLiM for long-term operation; Safety regulations and license renewal; Probabilistic and deterministic safety assessment; Socio-economic impacts. Part 2 Ageing degradation of irradiated materials in systems, structures and components: Failure prevention and analysis; Operational loads and creep-, fatigue- and corrosion-interactions; Microstructure evolution of irradiated structural materials; Stress corrosion cracking in light-water reactors (LWR); Void swelling and irradiation creep in LWRs; Irradiation hardening and materials embrittlement in LWRs; Reactor pressure vessel (RPV) annealing and mitigation. Part 3 Analysis of materials and advanced SSC: Characterisation of irradiated and ageing materials; On-line and real-time corrosion monitoring; Multi-scale modelling of irradiation effects; Instrumentation and control; Nanostructured materials. Part 4 PLiM practices in nuclear power plants: PWR; WWER; BWR; PHWR; SFR; Magnox/AGR; Outlook.

"A very useful compilation of international information and perspectives on the long term operation of nuclear power plants. I plan to keep this book as a key reference for my on-going work in nuclear plant life management., Garry G. Young, IAEA Technical Working Group" --Life Management of Nuclear Power Plants, USA"Since PLiM is the bridge between 20th- and 21st-century nuclear power technology, this comprehensive book is a must-have reference for professionals responsible for the safe and profitable operation of current nuclear power plants." --Professor Péter Trampus, University of Debrecen, Hungary"Provides comprehensive information for those engaged in keeping exisiting plants running safely." --Andrei Blahoianu, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Canada