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Performance analysis of WWER-440/230 nuclear power plants

Abstract

This report examines one particular design, the WWER-440/230, the first generation of commercial WWERs, essentially comparable to the western PWR. This design was installed widely in eastern Europe with a total of 16 unites being completed in what are now Armenia, Bulgaria, Germany (the former German Democratic Republic) the Slovak Republic and Russia. The plants in Armenia and Germany (the former German Democratic Republic) have been closed down, but particularly in Bulgaria and to a lesser extent the Slovak Republic the remaining plants supply a significant proportion of the electricity of the country and decisions to close them could not be taken lightly. The aim of this report is twofold: first to determine whether the impression given by these good overall performance indicators is confirmed using more detailed indicators covering a wide range of factors; second, to see to what extent good performance can be attributed to the industrial and institutional environment in which these plants were designed, built and operated. Particular attention is paid to identifying factors that may impact the quality of the service provided, especially those factors under management control which can be strongly influenced by current and future policy changes and those factors that are beyond  More>>
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1997
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
IAEA-TECDOC-922
Reference Number:
SCA: 210200; PA: AIX-28:023766; EDB-97:072334; NTS-97:009734; SN: 97001788857
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
Subject:
21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; WWER-3 REACTOR; PERFORMANCE; EASTERN EUROPE; IAEA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT; MEMBER STATES; RECOMMENDATIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
OSTI ID:
475970
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 1011-4289; Other: ON: DE97623501; TRN: XA9743249023766
Availability:
INIS; OSTI as DE97623501
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
166 p.
Announcement Date:
Jun 10, 1997

Citation Formats

None. Performance analysis of WWER-440/230 nuclear power plants. IAEA: N. p., 1997. Web.
None. Performance analysis of WWER-440/230 nuclear power plants. IAEA.
None. 1997. "Performance analysis of WWER-440/230 nuclear power plants." IAEA.
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title = {Performance analysis of WWER-440/230 nuclear power plants}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {This report examines one particular design, the WWER-440/230, the first generation of commercial WWERs, essentially comparable to the western PWR. This design was installed widely in eastern Europe with a total of 16 unites being completed in what are now Armenia, Bulgaria, Germany (the former German Democratic Republic) the Slovak Republic and Russia. The plants in Armenia and Germany (the former German Democratic Republic) have been closed down, but particularly in Bulgaria and to a lesser extent the Slovak Republic the remaining plants supply a significant proportion of the electricity of the country and decisions to close them could not be taken lightly. The aim of this report is twofold: first to determine whether the impression given by these good overall performance indicators is confirmed using more detailed indicators covering a wide range of factors; second, to see to what extent good performance can be attributed to the industrial and institutional environment in which these plants were designed, built and operated. Particular attention is paid to identifying factors that may impact the quality of the service provided, especially those factors under management control which can be strongly influenced by current and future policy changes and those factors that are beyond the plant management control but could have influenced the performance of the power plants. Issues concerning the safety of these plants are of considerable importance, but they remain outside the scope of this report. Conclusions and recommendations formulated by the IAEA related to WWER safety are contained in the series of reports prepared in the framework of the Extrabudgetary Programme on WWER Safety. A programme progress report was published in 1994 (IAEA-TECDOC-773). Refs, figs, tabs.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1997}
month = {Jan}
}