Best Overall Predictive Maintenance Program

Profile In Excellence

Duke Energy
McGuire Nuclear Station is located on Lake Norman in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Lake Norman is the state’s largest man-made lake and was built by Duke Power in 1963 by damming the Catawba River with Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station.

The lake provides cooling water for both McGuire and the coal-burning Marshall Steam Station. McGuire was the second of three nuclear stations designed and built by Duke Power. Unit 1 began commercial operation in 1981, followed by unit 2 in 1984. McGuire has two Pressurized Water Reactors, which drive two Turbine/Generators rated at 1200 Megawatts each. Program Highlights:

Even among programs for nuclear powered electricity generating stations, which are typically well supported, Duke Energy’s program stands head and shoulders above all others.

Key features that resulted in this award included the long range (3-year) training plan for PdM team members and the annual PdM Program Health, Report which looks in depth at every aspect of the effort being undertaken in this area of plant maintenance.

The summary of proposed action items in the report sets a major part of the agenda for the following period for further program growth and refinement. The documentation describing the program and current issues is most comprehensive. Performance goals are challenging and performance indicators very meaningful.
Equipment:
CSI - RBMware
CSI - 2120 Machinery Analyzers
IRD Laser Tech
Optalign Laser Alignment
Inframetrics - PM280 IR camera
Electrophysics Pyroview Model 5480
CSI - Oilview 5200 Minilab
Baker Advanced Winding Analyzer
The PdM Team:
Left to right:
Ralph Carver - PdM Technician
Dennis Roinick - PdM Program Engineer Steve Michael - PdM Technician
Rodney Martin - PdM Technician
Not Pictured:
Anne Wallace - PdM Technician Matthew Stroupe - Maintenance Tech Support