Published 1993 | Version v1
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Issues in risk analysis of passive LWR designs

Creators

  • 1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Energy
  • 2. SAIC, Reston, VA (United States)

Description

This paper discusses issues which bear on the question of how safety is to be demonstrated for ''simplified passive'' light water reactor (LWR) designs. First, a very simplified comparison is made between certain systems in today's plants, comparable systems in evolutionary designs, and comparable systems in the simplified passives, in order to introduce the issues. This discussion is not intended to describe the designs comprehensively, but is offered only to show why certain issues seem to be important in these particular designs. Next, an important class of accident sequences is described; finally, based on this discussion, some priorities in risk analysis are presented and discussed

Part of:
2nd ASME-JSME international conference on nuclear engineering -- 1993

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Imprint Place
New York, NY (United States)
ISBN
0-7918-0636-7
Imprint Title
2nd ASME-JSME international conference on nuclear engineering -- 1993
Imprint Pagination
770 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 337-341.

Conference

Title
2. Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)/American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) joint international conference on nuclear engineering.
Dates
21-24 Mar 1993.
Place
San Francisco, CA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25058694
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BWR TYPE REACTORS; DEPRESSURIZATION; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; GRAVITATION; PERFORMANCE; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-930352--.