Published 1984
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The risk significance of PWR transient accidents from PRA studies
Creators
Description
A study has been completed which estimates the relative early fatality risk from PWRs for five accident types. Nine PRA studies were used as the basis for this study. The results of these studies were modified and extended to provide a relative measure of early fatality risks for PWRs currently operating or under construction in the U.S. The results indicate that early fatality risks are dominated (over 40% of the total risk) by transient-initiated accidents, followed by interfacing system LOCAs (37%). Loss-of-coolant accidents from primary system pipe breaks were found to contribute about 20%
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Plenum Press.
- Imprint Place
- New York, NY (USA)
- Imprint Title
- Anticipated and abnormal plant transients in light water reactors, Vol. 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 911-919.
Conference
- Title
- Anticipated and abnormal plant transients in light water reactors conference.
- Dates
- 26-29 Sep 1983.
- Place
- Jackson, WY (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 16068583
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- FORECASTING; PRIMARY COOLANT CIRCUITS; PROBABILITY; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURES; TRANSIENTS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FAILURES; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS