Underground Pipe and Tanks Aging Management

Despite original external coatings and cathodic protection systems to guard against corrosion, the condition of aging buried piping and tanks at older nuclear units is increasingly suspect. This new webinar introduces Structural Integrity's MAP (Managing Aging Piping) program, a comprehensive engineering program for managing aging underground piping and tanks. The webinar includes discussion of common degradation mechanisms, risk models, guided-wave ultrasonic testing, and cathodic protection survey techniques. Also included is a presentation on MAPPro^©, an SI-developed corrosion engineering software database that includes asset historical information, inspection data, and analysis data, as well as on MAPProView^©, a GIS for spatial representation of MAPPro^©.

Presented on: November 8, 2008

Steve Biagiotti, PE has a MS in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, and has 20 years of experience in corrosion control at pipeline, production, and refinery operations in the oil and gas industry. Biagiotti is a pioneer in the implementation of Integrity Management written procedures, data integration, HCA identification, code interpretation, and risk minimization practices and algorithms. Other areas of expertise: in-line inspection, direct assessment (ECDA, ICDA, SCCDA), failure and root-cause analysis, and material selection.