DALLAS, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:J) was
selected to lead an international consortium whose
cutting-edge research could lead to extensions in the operational
lifespan of nuclear power plants around the world.
The INCEFA-SCALE program (INcreasing safety in nuclear power
plants by Covering gaps in Environmental Fatigue Assessment) aims
to reduce uncertainties about how critical components will perform
when subjected to the harsh conditions inside operational nuclear
power reactors.
Although components and materials are extensively tested in
laboratories, there are sometimes gaps in understanding the
correlation between these tests and actual performance. This can
lead to fatigue assessment parameters being set more conservatively
than necessary.
The research will fill in those gaps by means of extensive data
mining in international fatigue databases and detailed examination
of test specimens to improve mechanistic understanding. Greater
certainty about component performance will avoid unnecessary
closures of nuclear power plants when they are still economically
viable and safe to operate.
"By successfully leading this research, Jacobs has demonstrated
its capability to knit together an international consortium and to
bring together the very best, complementary capabilities,"
said Jacobs Critical Mission Solutions International Senior
Vice President Clive White. "The
European Union has sanctioned this follow-on project while the
predecessor project is still live, which testifies to the success
of the consortium and the relevance of the study topic to nuclear
plant safety and lifetime assessments."
Operator of the U.K.'s largest independent nuclear laboratory
complex in Birchwood Park, Warrington, Jacobs will contribute to
multiaxial, thermo-mechanical and complex waveform testing to
provide greater insight into the stresses and strains placed on
components. This work will complement component scale tests being
carried out in the U.S. by the Electric Power Research Institute,
in collaboration with INCEFA-SCALE.
The European Union is providing most of the funding for the
five-year, $8.1 million INCEFA-SCALE
program, which is a continuation of the previous INCEFA-PLUS
program, where Jacobs have led a 16-member European consortium
since 2013.
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