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
Representing self

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 requesting permission to proceed to ballot. The ballot will be held in late summer 2024.

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).  Contact the WG chair for details on how to participate in the virtual meetings.

In addition, the WG often holds hybrid meetings in conjunction with the SC3 business meeting during the January and July NPEC meetings.  The last of these hybrid meetings was January 8, 2024 in New Orleans, LA.  The next NPEC meeting will be July 15-18, 2024 in San Louis Obispo, CA.

WG Roster as of January 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

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.