Nuclear Power Generating Station Operability Assurance Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability Application for Maintenance Management

Environmental qualification and equipment warrantee insurance stipulations should be supplemented with a reliable maintainability program structured to identify and control fast failing subcomponents within critical equipment (i. e., critical being related to meeting power production needs or plant safety). Anticipation of equipment subcomponent failures can control unnecessary plant off-line occurrences. Incorporation of reliability, availability, and maintainability considerations into plant maintenance policies on power generation and safety related items have positlve cost benefit advantages.