Published April 2018 | Version v1
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Level-3 Probabilistic Safety Analysis VAB-3 as an NPP Safety Enhancement Stage

  • 1. Institute of Problems in the Safe Development of Nuclear Energy, Russian Academy of Sciences (IBRAE RAN) (Russian Federation)

Description

Questions pertaining to the development of reactors from the standpoint of the evolution of protection and emergency response systems for large radiation accidents, and development of probabilistic safety analysis at different levels are examined. Examples are presented of the calculation of quantitative characteristics of risk in an accident at a model NPP that show the possibility of using VAB-3 to evaluate the scale of countermeasures as a function of the level of intervention, their effectiveness as a function of the time of application and validation of countermeasures for an individual populated point. It is shown that the VAB-3 methodology must be developed in order to increase NPP safety.

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Journal Title
Atomic Energy (New York)
Journal Volume
123
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 418-423
ISSN
1063-4258

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
50054491
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Descriptors DEI
HAZARDS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; SAFETY ANALYSIS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; CALCULATION METHODS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS

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