Reliability allocation in nuclear power plants

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5630476

Bari, R A; Cho, N Z; Papazoglou, I A

The technical feasibility of allocating reliability and risk to reactor systems, subsystems, components, operations, and structures is investigated. A methodology is discussed which identifies top level risk indices as objective functions and plant-specific performance variables as decision variables. These are related by a risk model which includes cost as a top level risk index. A multiobjective optimization procedure is used to find non-inferior solutions in terms of the objective functions and the decision variables. The approach is illustrated for a boiling water reactor plant. The use of the methodology for both operating reactors and for advanced designs is briefly discussed. 16 refs., 1 fig.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5630476
• Report Number(s): BNL-NUREG-36056; CONF-850809-48; ON: TI85010230
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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