Plant Life Extension Programs of Nuclear Installations

Main objectives of this report, as outcome of the research activities carried out in 2008 and in previous years by the research network SENUF, are the following: 4. To collect the experience of the European Countries in the field of Plant Life Management (PLIM) and Plant Life Extension (PLEX), seen as two crucial programs in safety and cost optimisation at operating plants 5. To settle a model for PLIM also suitable to support a PLEX program, tailored to the European market 6. To validate the proposed model against the European practice. The basic goal of PLiM, as it is defined in this research, is to satisfy requirements for safe, possibly long-term, supplies of electricity in an economically competitive way. The basic goal of the operating companies is to operate as long as economically reasonable from the safety point of view.