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Seismic evaluation of existing nuclear facilities. Proceedings of the SMiRT-14 post conference seminar no. 16

Abstract

Since 1992 the IAEA has been assisting Member States to develop NPP specific guidelines used in post-construction seismic safety reevaluation. Technical guidelines were developed with the aim to establish a general framework within which a seismic reevaluation of an operating NPP can be carried out. These guidelines will form the basis of an IAEA Safety Report on seismic evaluation of the existing nuclear facilities. Forty papers from 26 countries were presented. Most of the papers reviewed activities in the field of seismic reevaluation and upgrading of existing plants carried out in recent years. This is essential for the IAEA in the development of a unified approach to the seismic reevaluation of existing facilities applicable to WWERs, CANDU, PWRs, etc. A number of papers deal with the CRP benchmark study for the seismic analysis and testing of WWER type NPPs organized by the IAEA (1993-1997). The focal activities of the CRP were benchmarking exercises, applying similar methodology both for Paks NPP and Kozloduy NPP Unit 5 to test the NPP (mainly reactor building) using blast loading generated by a series of artificially generated underground explosions. This work highlighted the reliability of the available numerical tools, the need for further research, and  More>>
Publication Date:
Mar 01, 2001
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
IAEA-TECDOC-1202
Reference Number:
EDB-01:031192
Resource Relation:
Conference: SMiRT-14 post conference seminar no. 16 on seismic evaluation of existing nuclear facilities, Vienna (Austria), 25-27 Aug 1997; Other Information: Refs, figs, tabs; PBD: Mar 2001
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; BENCHMARKS; CANDU TYPE REACTORS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CONTAINMENT BUILDINGS; COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS; IAEA; MEMBER STATES; PWR TYPE REACTORS; RELIABILITY; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SAFETY REPORTS; SEISMIC EVENTS; SEISMIC ISOLATION; WWER TYPE REACTORS
OSTI ID:
20146791
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 1011-4289; TRN: XA0100497012639
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
467 pages
Announcement Date:
Apr 16, 2001

Citation Formats

None. Seismic evaluation of existing nuclear facilities. Proceedings of the SMiRT-14 post conference seminar no. 16. IAEA: N. p., 2001. Web.
None. Seismic evaluation of existing nuclear facilities. Proceedings of the SMiRT-14 post conference seminar no. 16. IAEA.
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title = {Seismic evaluation of existing nuclear facilities. Proceedings of the SMiRT-14 post conference seminar no. 16}
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abstractNote = {Since 1992 the IAEA has been assisting Member States to develop NPP specific guidelines used in post-construction seismic safety reevaluation. Technical guidelines were developed with the aim to establish a general framework within which a seismic reevaluation of an operating NPP can be carried out. These guidelines will form the basis of an IAEA Safety Report on seismic evaluation of the existing nuclear facilities. Forty papers from 26 countries were presented. Most of the papers reviewed activities in the field of seismic reevaluation and upgrading of existing plants carried out in recent years. This is essential for the IAEA in the development of a unified approach to the seismic reevaluation of existing facilities applicable to WWERs, CANDU, PWRs, etc. A number of papers deal with the CRP benchmark study for the seismic analysis and testing of WWER type NPPs organized by the IAEA (1993-1997). The focal activities of the CRP were benchmarking exercises, applying similar methodology both for Paks NPP and Kozloduy NPP Unit 5 to test the NPP (mainly reactor building) using blast loading generated by a series of artificially generated underground explosions. This work highlighted the reliability of the available numerical tools, the need for further research, and a general judgement on the best compromise between experimental and numerical tools in the seismic reevaluation process. The final results of the CRP were presented in IAEA-TECDOC-1176.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {2001}
month = {Mar}
}