Our Case Studies Inspection, lifetime monitoring and maintenance of pipework supports

EASL assists in maintaining the current UK fleet of nuclear power stations by carrying out pipework support surveys and audit walk-downs. During operation, there are a number of degradation mechanisms such as fatigue, creep, thermal ageing, and corrosion that can affect the operation of pipework supports. In addition repairs and modifications have also been carried out which were not present in the original design.  To ensure safe reliable operation a number of approaches are employed including inspection, lifetime monitoring, and analysis.