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Title: The use of PRA in the development of ALWR (advanced light water reactor) design requirements. [Advanced Light Water Reactors]

Abstract

The current hiatus in nuclear power plant orders provides an opportunity for the development of advanced light water reactor (ALWR) design concepts and regulatory requirements which incorporate the insights gained from the application of the probabilistic risk assessment. The US Department of Energy is assisting the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the incorporation of PRA insights into the specification of the utility requirements, and reactor vendors in support of the conceptual design of safety systems, for such advanced plants. This paper reviews the applications of PRA methods in this development of specifications for, and the design of simplified, rugged ALWRs with a significantly improved risk profile. Specific examples of the impact of utilizing published PRA insights, construction and use of functional PRA models, and feedback of PRA experience into the specification of the key assumptions and groundrules for ALWR PRAs are presented. 13 refs., 3 tabs.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Safety and Reliability Optimization Services, Inc., Knoxville, TN (USA)
  2. TENERA, L.P., Bethesda, MD (USA)
  3. USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (USA)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE/NE
OSTI Identifier:
6492311
Report Number(s):
EGG-M-89454; CONF-891208-34
ON: DE91001817
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-76ID01570
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Winter annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, San Francisco, CA (USA), 10-15 Dec 1989
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; BWR TYPE REACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; PWR TYPE REACTORS; US NRC; REACTOR LICENSING; BLACKOUTS; CONTAINMENT; DESIGN; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; POWER SYSTEMS; REACTOR SAFETY; SEISMIC EFFECTS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; LICENSING; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; REACTORS; SAFETY; US ORGANIZATIONS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; 220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety; 210100 - Power Reactors, Nonbreeding, Light-Water Moderated, Boiling Water Cooled; 210200 - Power Reactors, Nonbreeding, Light-Water Moderated, Nonboiling Water Cooled

Citation Formats

Summitt, R L, Additon, S L, and Pasedag, W F. The use of PRA in the development of ALWR (advanced light water reactor) design requirements. [Advanced Light Water Reactors]. United States: N. p., 1989. Web.
Summitt, R L, Additon, S L, & Pasedag, W F. The use of PRA in the development of ALWR (advanced light water reactor) design requirements. [Advanced Light Water Reactors]. United States.
Summitt, R L, Additon, S L, and Pasedag, W F. 1989. "The use of PRA in the development of ALWR (advanced light water reactor) design requirements. [Advanced Light Water Reactors]". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6492311.
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title = {The use of PRA in the development of ALWR (advanced light water reactor) design requirements. [Advanced Light Water Reactors]},
author = {Summitt, R L and Additon, S L and Pasedag, W F},
abstractNote = {The current hiatus in nuclear power plant orders provides an opportunity for the development of advanced light water reactor (ALWR) design concepts and regulatory requirements which incorporate the insights gained from the application of the probabilistic risk assessment. The US Department of Energy is assisting the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the incorporation of PRA insights into the specification of the utility requirements, and reactor vendors in support of the conceptual design of safety systems, for such advanced plants. This paper reviews the applications of PRA methods in this development of specifications for, and the design of simplified, rugged ALWRs with a significantly improved risk profile. Specific examples of the impact of utilizing published PRA insights, construction and use of functional PRA models, and feedback of PRA experience into the specification of the key assumptions and groundrules for ALWR PRAs are presented. 13 refs., 3 tabs.},
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year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}
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