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Title: RISMC Advanced Safety Analysis Project Plan – FY 2015 - FY 2019

Abstract

In this report, a project plan is developed, focused on industry applications, using Risk-Informed Safety Margin Characterization (RISMC) tools and methods applied to realistic, relevant, and current interest issues to the operating nuclear fleet. RISMC focuses on modernization of nuclear power safety analysis (tools, methods and data); implementing state-of-the-art modeling techniques (which include, for example, enabling incorporation of more detailed physics as they become available); taking advantage of modern computing hardware; and combining probabilistic and mechanistic analyses to enable a risk informed safety analysis process. The modernized tools will maintain the current high level of safety in our nuclear power plant fleet, while providing an improved understanding of safety margins and the critical parameters that affect them. Thus, the set of tools will provide information to inform decisions on plant modifications, refurbishments, and surveillance programs, while improving economics. This set of tools will also benefit the design of new reactors, enhancing safety per unit cost of a nuclear plant. The proposed plan will focus on application of the RISMC toolkit, in particular, solving realistic problems of important current issues to the nuclear industry, in collaboration with plant owners and operators to demonstrate the usefulness of these tools in decision making.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
OSTI Identifier:
1168645
Report Number(s):
INL/EXT-14-33186
M3LW-14IN0707014; TRN: US1600075
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SAFETY MARGINS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; DESIGN; SUSTAINABILITY; VALIDATION; MODIFICATIONS; MONITORING; SCHEDULES; SIMULATION; STORAGE; VERIFICATION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; Advanced Safety Analysis; RISMC

Citation Formats

Szilard, Ronaldo H., Smith, Curtis L., and Youngblood, Robert. RISMC Advanced Safety Analysis Project Plan – FY 2015 - FY 2019. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.2172/1168645.
Szilard, Ronaldo H., Smith, Curtis L., & Youngblood, Robert. RISMC Advanced Safety Analysis Project Plan – FY 2015 - FY 2019. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1168645
Szilard, Ronaldo H., Smith, Curtis L., and Youngblood, Robert. 2014. "RISMC Advanced Safety Analysis Project Plan – FY 2015 - FY 2019". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1168645. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1168645.
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title = {RISMC Advanced Safety Analysis Project Plan – FY 2015 - FY 2019},
author = {Szilard, Ronaldo H. and Smith, Curtis L. and Youngblood, Robert},
abstractNote = {In this report, a project plan is developed, focused on industry applications, using Risk-Informed Safety Margin Characterization (RISMC) tools and methods applied to realistic, relevant, and current interest issues to the operating nuclear fleet. RISMC focuses on modernization of nuclear power safety analysis (tools, methods and data); implementing state-of-the-art modeling techniques (which include, for example, enabling incorporation of more detailed physics as they become available); taking advantage of modern computing hardware; and combining probabilistic and mechanistic analyses to enable a risk informed safety analysis process. The modernized tools will maintain the current high level of safety in our nuclear power plant fleet, while providing an improved understanding of safety margins and the critical parameters that affect them. Thus, the set of tools will provide information to inform decisions on plant modifications, refurbishments, and surveillance programs, while improving economics. This set of tools will also benefit the design of new reactors, enhancing safety per unit cost of a nuclear plant. The proposed plan will focus on application of the RISMC toolkit, in particular, solving realistic problems of important current issues to the nuclear industry, in collaboration with plant owners and operators to demonstrate the usefulness of these tools in decision making.},
doi = {10.2172/1168645},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1168645}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}