Software/Tools available in PRR

Cross-cutting or Multi-purpose Codes/Tools

• 1 LAMBDA provides a methodology that supports informed decision-making for long-term management of large capital assets. This is accomplished by integrating asset failure likelihood with economic impact to quantify station operating financial risks to facilitate stations in the determination of optimum long-term operating and financial strategies.

  
• 3 PMBD (Preventive Maintenance Basis Database) is a web-based application that contains baseline maintenance tasks/intervals, and comprehensive failure mode lists for most major components in power generating facilities. The PMBD leverages this data to allow members to model different PM approaches on equipment via the vulnerability calculation, and model failure mode coverage gained by the addition of monitoring sensors via the sensor module.

  
• 2 Nuclear Plant Assessment Framework web-based tool provides a standard format for the purpose of assessing common nuclear plant engineering and maintenance related processes evaluating elements for continuous improvement. The tool helps ensure that assessments are thorough, effective, and repeatable, allows the assignment of personnel to the evaluation and review their progress as well as compile all data and produce executive reporting.

  

Databases of Information

• 4 Balance-of-Plant (BOP) Condenser and Heat Exchanger Tubing Degradation Database was provided by EPRI utility members through a survey and through direct input to EPRI. This database to shared industry knowledge provides engineers with early information about potential or similar problems being observed in the industry about their own heat exchangers and condensers.

  
• 5 FLEX Database application is a database where EPRI members can enter information related to FLEX /Portable Equipment issues as referenced in NEI Effeciency Bulletin 16-17 "FLEX Event Reporting Process."

  
• 6 SPV Assessment Tool software is a tool that allows utility providers of single point vulnerability data to compare their data and strategies with other data providers to ensure similar plants have identified all their single point vulnerabilities (SPVs) and have developed the appropriate mitigation and elimination strategies.

  
• 7 Seismic Qualification Reporting and Testing Standardization (SQURTS) project provides seismic qualification testing services for project participants. The SQURTS database provides a repository of historical test records dating from the present back to the early 1990s for use by project participants.

  

Specific Purpose Codes/Tools

• 8 BPWORKS™ generates a relative ranking of pipe segments in a matrix of likelihood and consequence of failure so that sites can identify and prioritize high risk lines and systems.

  
• 9 CHECWORKS™ Steam/Feedwater Application (SFA) predicts flow-accelerated corrosion and erosion in power plants and manages associated inspection data.

  
• 10 CPWORKS™ provides a long-term repository for commonly monitored and trended data sets for cathodic protection systems and assists engineers in identifying trends in long-term equipment and system performance for the cathodic protection system.

  
• 11 CSTARR Digital Assistant documents a variety of plant inspections using EPRI aging management guidance in digitized format available on a smart device (phone/tablet).

  
• 12 Performance Prediction Methodology (PPM) is a compilation of methods and engineering tools for analyzing and conservatively predicting the required thrust/torque to operate common gate, globe, and butterfly valves. The PPM was developed under a 10CFR50 Appendix B QA program and is the only analytical method for evaluating thrust/torque requirements for safety-related MOVs that has been generically reviewed and approved by the NRC as an alternative to dynamic MOV testing.

  
• 13 Technical Evaluation Data (TED) is a collection of web-based tools used in the preparation of procurement evaluations to promote efficiency, consistency, knowledge transfer and retention.

  
• 14 Thermal Performance Troubleshooting is used by engineers to develop a troubleshooting strategy for thermal performance problems. The symptom based guidance can be used to understand where to look next based on the conditions found in the plant.

  
• 15 PRR FORUM Post benchmarking/research questions to industry peers and EPRI technical team Receive updates on active or recently released EPRI products/upcoming events Connect with peers globally.