Aging management of instrumentation & control sensors in nuclear power plants

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 240, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3781-3790

  Hashemian, H M ^a  

^a ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT SERVICES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONDITION MONITORING; HUMIDITY CONTROL; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE MEASUREMENT; COMPONENT UNDER TESTS; EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT; LOW AND HIGH FREQUENCIES; NUCLEAR-POWER INDUSTRY; ONLINE MONITORING; OPERATING CONDITION; PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS;

PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

EID: 78049256323     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.08.014     Document Type: Review

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