Making inspections of concrete structures in nuclear powerplants more efficient

Visual inspections of concrete constructions in nuclear power plants are performed continuously to verify status and make sure that the established requirements for the constructions are fulfilled. Currently the inspectors make limited use of digital tools and spend a considerable amount of time searching for data and writing reports, compared to the actual inspection time.

This report describes current inspection and documentation methods and identifies in which manner these might be improved. Identified tools for this purpose are listed and evaluated. They have been classified as primary and secondary solutions, where the former can potentially have a high impact within existing documentation systems and structures, i.e. low hanging fruit, and the latter could be used in specific circumstances or in the long term, when considering replacing the current systems.