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Effect of Inspection on Failure Probability of Pipes in Nuclear Power Plants

원전 배관의 파손확률에 대한 검사의 영향

  • Received : 2012.02.29
  • Accepted : 2012.06.28
  • Published : 2012.10.01
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Abstract

Pipe inspections conducted in nuclear power plants play an important role in ensuring the structural integrity of pipes. Because considerable manpower and expense is required for pipe inspections, it is very important to determine the optimum inspection period and the level of inspection. In this study, the effects of the period and the inspection quality on the failure probability of pipes are investigated using the P-PIE program, which has been developed to calculate the failure probability of pipes. The pipe data of an internal nuclear power plant is used in the study, and fatigue and stress corrosion crack growth are considered in the analysis.

원자력발전소의 배관에 대하여 행하는 검사는 배관의 구조건전성에 큰 영향을 미친다. 그러나 검사에는 많은 인력과 비용이 소요되므로 검사의 영향을 평가하여 최적의 검사주기와 검사품질을 결정하는 것이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 원자력발전소 배관의 파손확률을 평가할 수 있도록 개발된 P-PIE 프로그램을 사용하여 검사의 유무, 검사주기 및 검사품질 등이 배관의 파손확률에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 국내 원전의 배관 데이터를 사용하여 해석하였으며, 피로 및 부식에 의한 균열성장을 고려하였다.

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