An update of preliminary perspectives gained from Individual Plant Examination of External Events (IPEEE) submittal reviews
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Energy Research, Inc., Rockville, MD (United States)
As a result of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) initiated Individual Plant Examination of External Events (IPEEE) program, virtually every operating commercial nuclear power reactor in the US has performed an assessment of severe accident risk due to external events. To date, the USNRC staff has received 63 IPEEE submittals and will receive an additional 11 by mid 1998. Currently, 49 IPEEE submittals are under various stages ore view. This paper is based on the information available for those 41 plants for which at least preliminary Technical Evaluation Reports have been prepared by the review teams. The goal of the review is to ascertain whether the licensee`s IPEEE process is capable of identifying external events-induced severe accident vulnerabilities and cost-effective safety improvements to either eliminate or reduce the impact of these vulnerabilities. The review does not, however, attempt to validate or verify the results of the licensee`s IPEEE. The primary objective of this paper is to provide an update on the preliminary perspectives and insights gained from the IPEEE process.
- Research Organization:
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Washington, DC (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 305917
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CP-0162-Vol.2; CONF-9710101-Vol.2; ON: TI98007504; TRN: IM9906%%169
- Resource Relation:
- Journal Volume: 194; Journal Issue: 2-3; Conference: 25. water reactor safety information meeting, Bethesda, MD (United States), 20-22 Oct 1997; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Twenty-fifth water reactor safety information meeting: Proceedings. Volume 2: Human reliability analysis and human performance evaluation; Technical issues related to rulemakings; Risk-informed, performance-based initiatives; High burn-up fuel research; Monteleone, S. [comp.] [Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)]; PB: 236 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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