Risk informed asset management for electric power generation

 

  • Funding: NSF, STPNOC, EPRI
  • Recent papers

·         Koc A., Morton D., Popova E., Kee E., Richards D., Sun A., Hess S., “Project prioritization via optimization”, Proceedings of PVP 2007/CREEP 8 ASME PVP 2007/CREEP 8 Conference, July 22-26, 2007, San Antonio, USA.

·         Kee E., Moiseytseva V., Galenko A., Morton D., Popova E., “Incorporation of unit 1 inspection results on the STP reactor vessel head nuclear asset management analysis”, Proceedings of PVP 2007/CREEP 8 ASME PVP 2007/CREEP 8 Conference, July 22-26, 2007, San Antonio, USA.

·         Popova E. and I. Popova, "Replacement strategies", to appear in Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability, John Wiley and Sons, 2007, pdf file.

·         Damien P., Galenko A., Hanson T., Popova E., “Bayesian semiparametric analysis for a single item maintenance optimization”, 2007, to appear in European Journal of Operational Research, pdf file

·         A. Galenko, E. Popova, E. Kee, R. Grantom, "Optimal preventive maintenance under decision dependent uncertainty",  Proceedings Of The 14th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering, 14th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering, July 2006, pdf file

·         Kee E., Sun A., Rogers S., Popova E., Nelson P., Moiseytseva V., Wang E., "A method to quantify plant availability and initiating event frequency using a large event tree, small fault tree model," 14th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering, Miami, FL, July 2006, pdf file.

·         Ernie Kee, Nathan Corrick, Dennis Klockentager, Elmira Popova, Jack Howell, "Accumulator Flow Rate Using Accumulator Gas Pressure for Non-Intrusive Discharge Check Valve Full Open Exercise Stroke Testing," Ninth NRC/ASME Symposium On Valves, Pumps, and Inservice Testing, Washington, DC, July 2006, pdf file

·         Wei Yu, E. Popova, E. Kee, A. Sun, and R. Grantom, "Basic Factors to Forecast Maintenance Cost and Failure Processes for Nuclear Power Plants", Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 236, 2006, pages 1641-1647, pdf file

·         Sun, E.Kee, W.Yu, E.Popova, R.Grantom, D.Richards, "Application of CROW-AMSAA analysis to nuclear power plant equipment performance", Proceedings Of The 13th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering, 13th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering, May 2005, pdf file

·         Wei Yu, E. Popova, E. Kee, A. Sun, and R. Grantom, "Basic factors to forecast maintenance cost for nuclear power plants", Proceedings Of 13th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering, 13th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering, Beijing, China, May 16-20, 2005, pdf file

·         Galenko, D. Morton, E. Popova, E. Kee, R. Grantom, A. Sun, "Operational level models and methods for risk informed nuclear asset management", In Proceedings Of The American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting On Probabilistic Safety Assessment, American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting On Probabilistic Safety Assessment, 2005, pdf file


 

  • Ongoing research projects:
      • Reliability and maintenance optimization
      • Bayesian nonparametric modeling, estimation, and forecasting of failure time and maintenance cost data
      • Decision-dependent randomness: modeling, optimization, and control
      • Project valuation; optimal budget allocation for a portfolio of projects; risk metrics for a portfolio of projects