Grundlagen des Lebensdauermanagements im Kraftwerksbau

Fundamentals of Lifetime Management in Power Plants

The concept of "lifetime management" moves more and more into the focus of power plant owners, also in the context of new constructions. Additionally, for existing buildings there is a demand for methods, which are able to estimate the remaining lifetime in a reliable way. The present contribution collocates the legal general conditions, which lead to a requirement of an active lifetime management, and presents the procedure and basic elements of such an accompanying inspection strategy.