Accident precursor program at Duke Power Company

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:7231463

Busby, B E; Canady, K S; Abraham, P M ^[1]

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1. Duke Power Co., Charlotte, NC (United States)

A program for identifying and evaluating precursor events at Duke nuclear plants utilizing probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) methodology was initiated in 1990. This Duke precursor program is similar to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-established accident sequence precursor (ASP) program but has the added flexibility to utilize the plant-specific PRA models, data, and unique system features. The overall objective of the Duke precursor program is to obtain a quantitative understanding of the actual safety performance of the plant by considering the occurrence of those events that are challenging or reducing the design safety margins.

• OSTI ID: 7231463
• Report Number(s): CONF-920606--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 65
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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