Working Group 3.4 – Aging Assessment
Scope
WG 3.4 is responsible for the treatment of matters relating to aging effects at nuclear generating stations. Included is the preparation of standards, recommended practices, or guides, and preparation, presentation, and review of technical papers concerning aging of nuclear power plant electrical equipment. Also included is the preparation of guidance and requirements for license renewal programs; aging assessments in support of maintenance-preventable-failures; detecting and characterizing aging mechanisms; assessing, monitoring, mitigating, and managing aging effects; aging data collection; condition monitoring; environmental monitoring; and documentation of approaches and results. WG 3.4 maintains of IEEE Std 1205 “Guide for Assessing, Monitoring, and Mitigating Aging Effects on Class 1E Equipment Used in Nuclear Power Generating Stations.” This standard was last published in 2014. The WG met in December 2021 to prepare a PAR for the next revision of the standard to be published in 2024.
If you are interested in participating in this WG please sign-up in myProject, contact the WG chair directly, or the NPEC IEEE Staff liaison, Christian Orlando, for additional details.
Officers
Rebecca Steinman, Chair
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC
Suresh Channarasappa, Vice Chair
Westinghouse Electric Company
George Kyle, Secretary
Self Employed
WG Activities
- The WG began revision of the 2014 version of the standard in 2022. The standard will be previewed at NPEC 24-02 and SC3 will request permission for the draft to proceed to ballot. The ballot pool closed on September 20, 2024. The initial balloting will occur in the October-November timeframe.
Meeting Information
The WG meets virtually via WebEx from 2:00 pm – 3:00 PM Eastern time the 4th Friday of the month starting in 2024 (except January and July when we hold hybrid meetings at NPEC). However, these meetings are currently suspended since the draft standard is heading into formal balloting. The meetings will resume, as needed to support ballot comment resolution.
WG Roster as of July 2024
| Name | Company |
| Abernathy, Chris | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Ballassi, George A. | Retired |
| Channarasappa, Suresh | Westinghouse Electric Co., LLC |
| Graham, Steven | Duke Energy |
| Kickhofel, John | Apollo+ Nuclear |
| Konnick, Robert | Marmon Innovation and Technology |
| Koshy, Tom | Consultant |
| Kulangara, Jacob | AEP DBA Consultant |
| Kyle, George | Self-Employed |
| Mohtashemi, Edward | Retired |
| Nguyen, Khoi | U.S. NRC |
| Steinman, Rebecca | Self |
Useful Documents
- Current PAR
- IEEE Standards Dictionary
- iMeet Central Login
- Approved Meeting Minutes – 22-01, 22-02, 22-03, 22-04, 22-05, 22-06
23-01, 23-02, 23-03, 23-04, 23-05, 23-06, 23-07, 23-08, 23-09, 23-10, 24-01,
24-02, 24-03, 24-04, 24-05, 24-06, 24-07
WG members should contact the WG chair to gain access to iMeet Central the platform used for all internal WG draft and in-progress documents.