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Title: Analyzing simulation-based PRA data through traditional and topological clustering: A BWR station blackout case study

Abstract

Here, dynamic probabilistic risk assessment (DPRA) methodologies couple system simulator codes (e.g., RELAP and MELCOR) with simulation controller codes (e.g., RAVEN and ADAPT). Whereas system simulator codes model system dynamics deterministically, simulation controller codes introduce both deterministic (e.g., system control logic and operating procedures) and stochastic (e.g., component failures and parameter uncertainties) elements into the simulation. Typically, a DPRA is performed by sampling values of a set of parameters and simulating the system behavior for that specific set of parameter values. For complex systems, a major challenge in using DPRA methodologies is to analyze the large number of scenarios generated, where clustering techniques are typically employed to better organize and interpret the data. In this paper, we focus on the analysis of two nuclear simulation datasets that are part of the risk-informed safety margin characterization (RISMC) boiling water reactor (BWR) station blackout (SBO) case study. We provide the domain experts a software tool that encodes traditional and topological clustering techniques within an interactive analysis and visualization environment, for understanding the structures of such high-dimensional nuclear simulation datasets. We demonstrate through our case study that both types of clustering techniques complement each other for enhanced structural understanding of the data.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
  2. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1249548
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1396747
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-15-34662
Journal ID: ISSN 0951-8320; PII: S095183201500191X
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517; AC52-07NA27344; LLNL-CONF-658933
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Reliability Engineering and System Safety
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 145; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0951-8320
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; probabilistic risk assessment; computational topology; clustering; high-dimensional data analysis

Citation Formats

Maljovec, D., Liu, S., Wang, B., Mandelli, D., Bremer, P. -T., Pascucci, V., and Smith, C. Analyzing simulation-based PRA data through traditional and topological clustering: A BWR station blackout case study. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2015.07.001.
Maljovec, D., Liu, S., Wang, B., Mandelli, D., Bremer, P. -T., Pascucci, V., & Smith, C. Analyzing simulation-based PRA data through traditional and topological clustering: A BWR station blackout case study. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2015.07.001
Maljovec, D., Liu, S., Wang, B., Mandelli, D., Bremer, P. -T., Pascucci, V., and Smith, C. Tue . "Analyzing simulation-based PRA data through traditional and topological clustering: A BWR station blackout case study". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2015.07.001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1249548.
@article{osti_1249548,
title = {Analyzing simulation-based PRA data through traditional and topological clustering: A BWR station blackout case study},
author = {Maljovec, D. and Liu, S. and Wang, B. and Mandelli, D. and Bremer, P. -T. and Pascucci, V. and Smith, C.},
abstractNote = {Here, dynamic probabilistic risk assessment (DPRA) methodologies couple system simulator codes (e.g., RELAP and MELCOR) with simulation controller codes (e.g., RAVEN and ADAPT). Whereas system simulator codes model system dynamics deterministically, simulation controller codes introduce both deterministic (e.g., system control logic and operating procedures) and stochastic (e.g., component failures and parameter uncertainties) elements into the simulation. Typically, a DPRA is performed by sampling values of a set of parameters and simulating the system behavior for that specific set of parameter values. For complex systems, a major challenge in using DPRA methodologies is to analyze the large number of scenarios generated, where clustering techniques are typically employed to better organize and interpret the data. In this paper, we focus on the analysis of two nuclear simulation datasets that are part of the risk-informed safety margin characterization (RISMC) boiling water reactor (BWR) station blackout (SBO) case study. We provide the domain experts a software tool that encodes traditional and topological clustering techniques within an interactive analysis and visualization environment, for understanding the structures of such high-dimensional nuclear simulation datasets. We demonstrate through our case study that both types of clustering techniques complement each other for enhanced structural understanding of the data.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ress.2015.07.001},
journal = {Reliability Engineering and System Safety},
number = C,
volume = 145,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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