Feeders on the Reactor Face in the Feeder Cabinet Photo: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
The Component Operational Experience, Degradation and Ageing Programme (CODAP) combines the follow-up of two previous NEA projects: the Pipe Failure Data Exchange Project (OPDE) and the stress corrosion cracking part of the Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP).
The Pipe Failure Data Exchange Project (OPDE) was established in May 2002 to produce an international database on the piping service experience applicable to commercial nuclear plants. The OPDE project was completed in May 2011. In 2006 the SCAP project was established by the NEA to assess two subjects, stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and degradation of cable insulation, due to their implication for nuclear safety and their relevance for plant ageing management. The project ran successfully from June 2006 to June 2010. Seventeen NEA member countries joined the SCAP project. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Commission also participated as observers.
Following the completion of the SCAP project, SCC participants recognised that there are many similarities between the OPDE and SCAP SCC projects and therefore, the concept of a new project was envisaged to combine the two projects and build two new database projects called: Component Operational Experience, Degradation and Ageing Programme (CODAP) and Cable Ageing Data and Knowledge Project (CADAK). The cable ageing part of the SCAP project concerning electrical and I&C cables and management of their ageing effects is managed by another NEA database project, CADAK.
The project objectives are to:
CODAP is managing information in the CODAP Online Event Database. The database also includes the CODAP Knowledge Base along with national documents and records of the participants.
During the four previous phases of the project (2012-2023), eight technical reports based on the analysis of the events collected in the database and four post-project status reports were completed.
The CODAP event database event population was expanded from 4920 records at the end of Phase II to 5097 records at the end of Phase III. The total event population has resulted from 11 705 reactor-years of operation.
To provide a concise overview of the events, 85% are pipe failure events, while 15% are non-piping passive component failure events.
CODAP members' area (legacy workspace) (password protected | reminder)
CODAP members' area (new workspace) (password protected | reminder)
Lydell, B., Escrig Forano, D., Riznic, J. (2021), ''OECD nuclear energy agency CODAP database project on passive component operating experience. An international collaboration in materials research'', Nuclear Engineering and Design, 380, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111280.
Canada, Chinese Taipei, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and the United States
January 2024 - December 2026
Yearly: EUR 103 000