Pragrama de manutenção programada e inspeção in-service com foco no submaruno nuclear “Álvaro Alberto'

Abstract

The major difference or advantage of the Nuclear Submarine in comparison to the classic one is its stealthness and quite inexhaustible ability to generate energy by the reactor. However, the difficulty of access to nuclear propulsion technology, which remains restricted to a limited number of countries, and the secrecy regarding them, increases the burden of carrying out researches that orbit this contextual sphere, as is the case of this work, which aims to present the nuances of a maintenance program and periodic inspection, related to a propulsion reactor and relating its importance to the first Brazilian Nuclear Submarine. Based on the Nucleoelectric Generation Laboratory, being developed by the Navy, which will be used to validate the design conditions and test the possible operating and maintenance conditions for the submarine nuclear power plant, the current research was based on important issues such as: maintenance stages throughout the circle of life of the submarine, to ensure availability and safety requirements; the role of the operating organization and the nuclear safety authority; the performance of the fuel change; in-service inspection routines and their normative base. In order to make possible the conception of a book of well-defined operational and maintenance procedures and an effective simulational training system for personnel involved in the task, to dinsm the human error. Finally, all these aspects culminate in an efficient maintenance management system and logistic data for the future Brazilian nuclear submarine.