Preventive Maintenance

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Preventive Maintenance. Preventive maintenance includes periodic and planned

maintenance actions taken to maintain SSC within their design operating conditions,

extend its life, and is performed to prevent SSC failure. This includes technical

safety requirements surveillances, in-service inspections, and other regulatory forms

of preventive maintenance.

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Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). A maintenance system that determines

the most effective maintenance activity, based on an analysis of an items failure

modes, failure rates, and the importance of the item to the safe operation of the

facility.

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Root Cause. The determination as to why a SSC failed.

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Structures, Systems and Components (SSC). Physical items designed, built, or

installed to support the operation of the plant.

Surveillance. Functional tests of installed equipment and/or systems to satisfy

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technical safety requirements.