Energia i regulacje · 3.04.2002

International Conference on Wire System Aging

The International Conference on Wire System Aging (ICWSA) will be held April 23-25, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel at 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, USA. The conference has a three-fold purpose: (1) To review current practices and programs for understanding and managing wire system aging, (2) to exchange information on the current status of research related to the issue, and (3) to identify technical issues and programs of interest for collaborative research. The conference will focus on four specific topics as they relate to wire system aging: Reliability Physics Modeling of Wire System Aging; Fire Risk Assessment of Wire System Aging; Risk Significance of Wire System Aging; and Prognostics and Diagnostics for Installed Wire Systems. Michael Mayfield, Director of the Division of Engineering Technology of the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, will open the conference on Tuesday, April 23, and Ashok C. Thadani, Director of the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, will be the keynote speaker. Technical sessions on each of the four topics will be held Tuesday and Wednesday. Each session will include technical papers, followed by questi