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The following is a compilation of technical literature found on SI's website. Each of these documents can also be found on pages corresponding to the service, expertise or product page to which it applies. Please contact SI with any questions or additional reference needs.

News and Views Newsletters

• Winter 2007
• Summer 2006
• Winter 2006
• Summer 2005
• Winter 2005

Data Sheets

• Life Cycle Management of Buried Piping
• BIoGEORGE™ Biofilm Activity Monitoring System
• Component Assessment Management System
• Condition Assessment of Dissimilar Metal Welds
• Creep FatiguePro
• Detection of Flange Ring Groove Cracking in High Pressure Hydrogen Service
• FatiguePro
• High-Temperature Tube Life Prediction
• LPRimLife
• Risk-Informed ISI of Nuclear Plant Piping
• Root Cause Failure Investigation
• Transient Torsional Vibration Monitor and Test System (TTVMS)
• Life Assessment/Management of Superheater Header Ligament Cracking
• PWR Surge Line Isolation System

Technical Papers

• L-0 Blade Failure Investigation at South Texas Project
• Generator Shaft Keyway Cracking Failure Investigation
• Probabilistic Assessment of LP Turbine Dovetail Cracking and Repair Options
• Bull Run Fossil Plant Main Steam Piping Creep Evaluation
• Life Assessment of Critical Boiler and Turbine Components Using EPRI's CreepFatiguePro Software
• Evaluation of LP Rotor Rim-Attachment Cracking Using LPRimLife published in November, 2002, International Journal of PowerPlant Chemistry
• A Flaw Tolerance Approach for Evaluation of Steam Turbine Boresonic Data
• Evaluation of LP Rotor Rim-Attachment Cracking Using LPRimLife
• Reactor Vessel Canopy Seal Weld Buildups at Prairie Island; A Preemptive Strike Against Unplanned Shutdowns
• Development of an LP Rotor Rim-Attachment Cracking LIfe Assessment Code (LPRimLife) Phase II – Evaluation of Westinghouse Axial-Entry Attachments
• Alternate Core Plate Rim Hold-Down Bolt Evaluation
• Jet Pump Flaw Evaluation Procedures
• Weld Residual Stress Analyses of Closure Lid Welds for the Waste Packages at the Potential Yucca Mountain Repository
• Alternate Methods for Evaluating Shroud Cracking Using Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics Techniques
• Technical Basis for Revised P-T Limit Curve Methodology
• Assessment of Environmental Fatigue Rules Using Design Transients in a PWR Plant
• Operating Experience Regarding Thermal Fatigue of Unisolable Piping
  Connected to PWR Reactor Coolant Systems
• Vibration Fatigue Testing of Socket Welds, Phase II
• Financially Optimizing the Timing of Major Equipment Maintenance Against the Consequence of Lost Reliability
• Using Financial/Decision Analysis Risk Optimization to Prioritize Maintenance Expenditures, Justify Maintenance Spending and Maximise the NPV Savings of The Maintenance Function
• The ASME Code & Standards Inspection Planning Framework for Post-Construction Pressurized Equipment
• Fatigue Monitoring for Demonstrating Fatigue Design Basis Compliance
• Torsional Monitoring of Turbine-Generators for Incipient Failure Detection
• Condition Assessment - River Water Systems
• Ultrasonic Testing Metric for Creep Damage Assessment
• Development of an LP Rotor Rim-Attachment Cracking Life Assessment Code (LPRimLife)
• A Risk Management Approach for Boiler Waterwall Tube Failure
• The Role of NDE in Maximizing the Value of High Temperature Tubing
• A Methodology for Screening Candidate Dissimilar Metal Welds for Repair or Replacement
• Failure Investigation of Large Wind Turbine Transmission Housings
• Fatigue Monitoring for Demonstrating Fatigue Design Basis Compliance
• The Effect of Adjusted Reference Temperature on the Probability of Failure in Boiling Water Reactor Vessel Welds
• Evaluation of the Structural Integrity of Distorted Spillway Radial Gates
• Latest Advances in Fatigue Monitoring Technology Using EPRI's FatiguePro Software
• Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Analysis to Justify Inservice Inspection Intervals for the Helms Penstock Field Welds
• Nondestructive Examination of Steel Liners and Penstocks to Ascertain Structural Integrity

Tech Briefs - General Issues

• BIoGEORGE - Electrochemical Biofilm Activity Monitoring System
• Combustion Turbine Services
• Engineering Mechanics and Design
• Engineering Services for Large Steam Turbines
• FatiguePro
  • Fatigue Management
  • FatiguePro Fatigue Crack Growth Module
  • Also, visit our FatiguePro homepage!
• Financially Based Inspection and Repair Planning
• Fracture Mechanics
• Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC)
• Reactor Pressure Vessel Integrity Assessment
• Risk-Based Inspection
• Root Cause Failure Investigation

Tech Briefs - Specific Issues

• Alternate Requirements of NUREG-0619
• BWR Feedwater Nozzle Evaluation
• BWR Reactor Internals Cracking Evaluations
• BWR Technical Specification Temperature Limit Evaluation
• Canopy Seal Weld Overlay Repair
• Combustion Turbine Services - Related SI Project Experience
• Engineering Services for Large Steam Turbines, Related SI Project Experience
• High-Temperature Boiler Tube Life Prediction
• Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking
• Irradiation-Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking (IASCC)
• Leak-Before-Break
• Probabilistic Assessment of Failure by Stress Corrosion Cracking in Shrunk-On Disks of Low Pressure Turbines
• PWR Steam Generator Feedwater Nozzle Cracking Evaluation/Repair
• Reactor Vessel Flaw Evaluation
• Reactor Vessel Materials and Flaw Evaluation
• Repair for PWR CDRM Part-Length Housing Cracking
• Thermal Stratification in Piping Systems
• Using pc-CRACK TM for Windows to Evaluate Flawed Stainless Steel Piping
• Using pc-CRACK TM for Windows to Evaluate Cracking of a Reactor Vessel Feedwater Nozzle
• Wall Thinning Evaluation
• Weld Overlay Repairs on Carbon Steel Piping
• Weld Overlay Repairs on Stainless Steel

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