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Title: NRC SUPPORT FOR THE KALININ (VVER) PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT

Abstract

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Nuclear and Radiation Safety Authority of the Russian Federation have been working together since 1994 to carry out a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of a VVER-1000 in the Russian Federation. This was a recognition by both parties that this technology has had a profound effect on the discipline of nuclear reactor safety in the West and that the technology should be transferred to others so that it can be applied to Soviet-designed plants. The NRC provided funds from the Agency for International Development and technical support primarily through Brookhaven National Laboratory and its subcontractors. The latter support was carried out through workshops, by documenting the methodology to be used in a set of guides, and through periodic review of the technical activity. The result of this effort to date includes a set of procedure guides, a draft final report on the Level 1 PRA for internal events (excluding internal fires and floods), and progress reports on the fire, flood, and seismic analysis. It is the authors belief that the type of assistance provided by the NRC has been instrumental in assuring a quality product and transferring important technology for use bymore » regulators and operators of Soviet-designed reactors. After a thorough review, the report will be finalized, lessons learned will be applied in the regulatory and operational regimes in the Russian Federation, and consideration will be given to supporting a containment analysis in order to complete a simplified Level 2 PRA.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
OSTI Identifier:
758986
Report Number(s):
BNL-NUREG-66229; 401001060
R&D Project: JCNR9404; 401001060; TRN: US0005191
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 26TH WATER REACTOR SAFETY MEETING, WASHINGTON, DC (US), 10/26/1998--10/28/1998; Other Information: PBD: 26 Oct 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; WWER-5 REACTOR; REACTOR SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; US NRC; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION

Citation Formats

BLEY, D, DIAMOND, D J, CHU, T L, AZARM, A, PRATT, W T, JOHNSON, D, SZUKIEWICZ, A, DROUIN, M, EL-BASSIONI, A, and SU, T M. NRC SUPPORT FOR THE KALININ (VVER) PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT. United States: N. p., 1998. Web.
BLEY, D, DIAMOND, D J, CHU, T L, AZARM, A, PRATT, W T, JOHNSON, D, SZUKIEWICZ, A, DROUIN, M, EL-BASSIONI, A, & SU, T M. NRC SUPPORT FOR THE KALININ (VVER) PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT. United States.
BLEY, D, DIAMOND, D J, CHU, T L, AZARM, A, PRATT, W T, JOHNSON, D, SZUKIEWICZ, A, DROUIN, M, EL-BASSIONI, A, and SU, T M. 1998. "NRC SUPPORT FOR THE KALININ (VVER) PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/758986.
@article{osti_758986,
title = {NRC SUPPORT FOR THE KALININ (VVER) PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT},
author = {BLEY, D and DIAMOND, D J and CHU, T L and AZARM, A and PRATT, W T and JOHNSON, D and SZUKIEWICZ, A and DROUIN, M and EL-BASSIONI, A and SU, T M},
abstractNote = {The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Nuclear and Radiation Safety Authority of the Russian Federation have been working together since 1994 to carry out a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of a VVER-1000 in the Russian Federation. This was a recognition by both parties that this technology has had a profound effect on the discipline of nuclear reactor safety in the West and that the technology should be transferred to others so that it can be applied to Soviet-designed plants. The NRC provided funds from the Agency for International Development and technical support primarily through Brookhaven National Laboratory and its subcontractors. The latter support was carried out through workshops, by documenting the methodology to be used in a set of guides, and through periodic review of the technical activity. The result of this effort to date includes a set of procedure guides, a draft final report on the Level 1 PRA for internal events (excluding internal fires and floods), and progress reports on the fire, flood, and seismic analysis. It is the authors belief that the type of assistance provided by the NRC has been instrumental in assuring a quality product and transferring important technology for use by regulators and operators of Soviet-designed reactors. After a thorough review, the report will be finalized, lessons learned will be applied in the regulatory and operational regimes in the Russian Federation, and consideration will be given to supporting a containment analysis in order to complete a simplified Level 2 PRA.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/758986}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 EST 1998}
}

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