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Total organization

Inspection

Maintenance

Materials engineering

Numeric

Ranges from high to low

Frequency

Occasion

A mitigation action to predict or prevent the eventis recommended.

Amitigation action to predict or prevent the event isnot recommended

Warrant to analyze risks involved

Consequence

Risk

Event

General industry, company or manufacturer failure data used

Process hazard analysis failure data may be used

Process and toxic concentration analysis may be used

Proper NDE method best suited for deterioration mechanism

Inspection coverage

Inspection frequency

All the above

Ineffective, unnecessary or inappropriate inspection activities may be eliminated

Effective,necessary or appropriate inspection activities maybe eliminated

On-line or non-invasive inspection methods may be substituted for invasive methods that require equipment shutdown

More effective infrequent inspections may be substituted for less effective frequent inspections

Risk management

Risk evaluation

Risk control

If the base line thickness were not performed the nominal thickness may be used for the original thickness

If original thickness not available, averaged ut thickness readings may be used

Iftheoriginal thicknessnot available, maximum utthickness readings may be used

Only quality assessment

Only quantity assessment

Blend of quality and quantity assessment