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Optimization of safety system test frequencies

  • 1. AECL, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON (Canada)
  • 2. NNC, Knutsford, Cheshire (United Kingdom)

Description

Demonstrating that a probabilistic target of 10-3 can be met for the system safety unavailability of redundant channel trip systems of power and thermal power research reactors has been one of the cornerstones of Canadian nuclear safety philosophy for decades. This paper discusses the unavailability analysis from 21 years of experience with safety system testing on the 135 MW(th) NRU research reactor at Chalk River Laboratories. (author)

Part of:
Research reactor utilization, safety, decommissioning, fuel and waste management. Posters of an international conference

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA
Imprint Place
Vienna (Austria)
ISBN
92-0-113904-7
Imprint Title
Research reactor utilization, safety, decommissioning, fuel and waste management. Posters of an international conference
Imprint Pagination
298 p.
Series
Proceedings series
Journal Page Range
p. 39-47
ISSN
0074-1884

Conference

Title
International conference on research reactor utilization, safety, decommissioning, fuel and waste management
Dates
10-14 Nov 2003
Place
Santiago (Chile)

INIS

Country of Publication
Austria
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37012503
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHALK RIVER; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMS; REACTOR SAFETY; RESEARCH REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SAFETY; TESTING

Optional Information

Notes
11 refs, 3 figs, 2 tabs
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-CN--100/54P