Probability problems in seismic risk analysis and load combinations for nuclear power plants

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5975390

George, L L

This workshop describes some probability problems in power plant reliability and maintenance analysis. The problems are seismic risk analysis, loss of load probability, load combinations, and load sharing. The seismic risk problem is to compute power plant reliability given an earthquake and the resulting risk. Component survival occurs if its peak random response to the earthquake does not exceed its strength. Power plant survival is a complicated Boolean function of component failures and survivals. The responses and strengths of components are dependent random processes, and the peak responses are maxima of random processes. The resulting risk is the expected cost of power plant failure.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5975390
• Report Number(s): UCRL-86245; CONF-830889-1; ON: DE83014845
• Resource Relation: Conference: NATO Advanced Study Institute on statistical extremes and applications, Vimeiro, Portugal, 31 Aug 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEISMIC EFFECTS
FAILURES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PROBABILITY
REACTOR SAFETY
RELIABILITY
STRESSES
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
POWER PLANTS
SAFETY
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety