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7. AP-913 method developed by INPO
7.1 Origin and background
In the early 1990s, a number of American nuclear power plant operators achieved outstanding availability results thanks to their maintenance programs, despite unplanned shutdowns caused by accidental equipment failures. Each of these operators then set up interdisciplinary groups to analyze the causes of these failures. These groups found that there were no simple explanations for the problem, and that there was a need for a more global approach to solving equipment reliability issues. To help US operators solve this problem, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) published a report in 2001 entitled Reliability Process Description AP-913
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Bibliography
Software tools
RELIASOFT, 2014 Synthesis S. Eastside Loop, Tucson, AZ 85710-6703, USA http://www.reliasoft.com
ITEM, 2014, Tool Kit Suite – Reliability Analysis Software http://www.itemsoft.com/item_toolkit.html
ALD, 2013, RAM Commander,...
Websites
Plant Maintenance Resource Center in the United States http://www.plant-maintenance.com/
American Petroleum Institute http://www.api.org
Society of Automotive Engineers http://www.sae.org
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