Overview of the CRBRP safety study

Conference · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:7295776

Piper, H B; Conradi, L L; Buhl, A R; Wood, P J; Leaver, D E.W.

A Safety Study has been conducted for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant (CRBRP). This paper presents a review and discussion of objectives, methods, techniques, and results of that study. The CRBRP Safety Study was conducted to: (1) provide a realistic assessment of accident risks associated with operation of the CRBRP, (2) place those identified risks in perspective with other societal risks, and (3) aid in determining whether accident risks from the CRBRP are comparable to those of previously licensed reactors. Achievement of the objectives of this study has required identification of significant contributors to risk in a logical and orderly manner. Consideration of a comprehensive set of accident initiators, inclusion of experience data with a conservative bias, reliance upon proven methods and techniques, evaluation of a wide range of radionuclide releases and associated health effects, and utilization of experienced risk analysts are the salient elements employed in the systematic approach to this study. This together with heavy reliance on experience gained during years of Light Water Reactor (LWR) design, licensing, and operation provides reasonable assurance that the study objectives have been achieved. Results of the CRBRP Safety Study indicate that the risk arising from the operation of CRBRP is small in comparison to other local societal risks, and that CRBRP risk is comparable to the risk from previously licensed nuclear power plants as identified in the Reactor Safety Study.

• Research Organization: Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant Project Office, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (USA); Energy Research and Development Administration, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (USA). Oak Ridge Operations Office; Westinghouse Electric Corp., Madison, Pa. (USA). Advanced Reactors Div.; Science Applications, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-15-2395
• OSTI ID: 7295776
• Report Number(s): CRBRP-PS-01; CONF-770611-16
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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