Reliability and operational characteristics of VVER nuclear units
- Skoda Praha a.s. (Czech Republic). Nuclear Power Systems Div.
Nuclear units VVER 440 of the Russian design have been constructed in counties of former USSR, East Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech and Slovak Republics and Finland. In the Czech Republic, four units VVER 440 are in operation at the NPP Dukovany, two units VVER 1000 are being constructed at the site Temelin. According to the data of the PRIS, NPP with units VVER 440 have high reliability and operational characteristics exceeding the average level of the pressurized water reactors family. SKODA PRAHA, as the main supplier of primary and secondary systems of NPPs in the Czech and Slovak Republics, made comparative analyses of all operating PWRs by using data of the PRIS and operational records of Czech and Slovak NPPS. Comparative criterions were: Load Factor, Planned Outage Factor, Forced Outage Factor (both for a unit as a whole and for its individual main components) etc. Results of the analyses are described in the paper.
- OSTI ID:
- 251036
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960306-; ISBN 0-7918-1226-X; TRN: 96:015357
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICONE 4: ASME/JSME international conference on nuclear engineering, New Orleans, LA (United States), 10-13 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of ICONE-4: Proceedings. Volume 3: Safety and reliability; Rao, A.S. [ed.] [General Electric Nuclear Engineering, San Jose, CA (United States)]; Duffey, R.B. [ed.] [Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)]; Elias, D. [ed.] [Commonwealth Edison, Downers Grove, IL (United States)]; PB: 595 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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