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Title: Application of risk-based methods to optimize inspection planning for regulatory activities at nuclear power plants

Abstract

As part of regulatory oversight requirements, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) staff conducts inspection activities to assess operational safety performance in nuclear power plants. Currently, guidance in these inspections is provided by procedures in the NRC Inspection Manual and issuance of Temporary Instructions defining the objectives and scope of the inspection effort. In several studies sponsored by the USNRC over the last few years, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has developed and applied methodologies for providing risk-based inspection guidance for the safety assessments of nuclear power plant systems. One recent methodology integrates insights from existing Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) studies and Individual Plant Evaluations (TPE) with information from operating experience reviews for consideration in inspection planning for either multi-disciplinary team inspections or individual inspections. In recent studies at BNL, a risk-based methodology was developed to optimize inspection planning for regulatory activities at nuclear power plants. This methodology integrates risk-based insights from the plant configuration risk profile and risk information found in existing PRA/IPE studies.

Authors:
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  1. and others
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
100137
Report Number(s):
BNL-NUREG-61921; CONF-950914-3
ON: DE95014944; TRN: 95:006576
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH00016
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: American Nuclear Society international topical conference on the safety of operating reactors, Seattle, WA (United States), 17-23 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; INSPECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; PLANNING

Citation Formats

Wong, S M, Higgins, J C, and Martinez-Guridi, G. Application of risk-based methods to optimize inspection planning for regulatory activities at nuclear power plants. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Wong, S M, Higgins, J C, & Martinez-Guridi, G. Application of risk-based methods to optimize inspection planning for regulatory activities at nuclear power plants. United States.
Wong, S M, Higgins, J C, and Martinez-Guridi, G. 1995. "Application of risk-based methods to optimize inspection planning for regulatory activities at nuclear power plants". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/100137.
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abstractNote = {As part of regulatory oversight requirements, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) staff conducts inspection activities to assess operational safety performance in nuclear power plants. Currently, guidance in these inspections is provided by procedures in the NRC Inspection Manual and issuance of Temporary Instructions defining the objectives and scope of the inspection effort. In several studies sponsored by the USNRC over the last few years, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has developed and applied methodologies for providing risk-based inspection guidance for the safety assessments of nuclear power plant systems. One recent methodology integrates insights from existing Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) studies and Individual Plant Evaluations (TPE) with information from operating experience reviews for consideration in inspection planning for either multi-disciplinary team inspections or individual inspections. In recent studies at BNL, a risk-based methodology was developed to optimize inspection planning for regulatory activities at nuclear power plants. This methodology integrates risk-based insights from the plant configuration risk profile and risk information found in existing PRA/IPE studies.},
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