To extend plant life, critical investment decisions need to be made based on complex factors from economic, regulatory, infrastructure, age/material conditions, future operating plans to social and political conditions.

Conservative & traditional time and labor-based maintenance approaches can lead to equipment failures and unplanned downtime, impacting the Utilities ability to generate revenue.

As plants age, the risk of an unplanned outage, or plant trip due to an I&C system issue, grows significantly.

Not performing a Steam Generator asset management program can result in excessive outage inspection costs and worse case full replacements due to significant degradation.

Obtaining qualified replacement and spare parts, combined with ~50% of the workforce retiring in the next 10 years, is a growing concern to ensure plant availability.