1. Origins and objectives of the SRCM process developed by EPRI

1.1 Origins

Following the publication of the RCM report by Nowlan and Heap in 1978 in the aeronautical field, the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), funded by American electricity producers, transposed this method to the nuclear industry as early as 1983 in pilot experiments for various nuclear power plant systems. The nuclear operators concerned found that applying the original RCM method required too much time and resources, leading them to suspend its application. EPRI then looked for alternative methods to reduce the cost and development time of a RCM analysis,...