Precursors to potential severe core damage accidents: 1984 a status report: Main report and Appendixes A and B
Creators
- Minarick, J.W.
- Harris, J.D.
- Austin, P.N.
- Cletcher, J.W.
- Hagen, E.W.
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NV (USA)
- Professional Analysis, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (USA)
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data
Description
Forty-eight operational events, reported in LERs and occurring at commercial LWRs during 1984 are considered to be precursors to potential severe core damage. These are described along with associated significance estimates, categorization, and subsequent analyses. This study is a continuation of the work presented in earlier volumes in this series, which evaluated the 1969-1981 and 1985 events. The report sequentially discusses (1) the general rationale for this study, (2) the program methods for review and documentation of operational events as precursors, (3) the use of the conditional probability of subsequent severe core-damage estimates to rank precursor events, and (4) initial conclusions from the assessment of 1984 events
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 129 p.
- Report number
- NUREG/CR--4674-Vol.3
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19005694
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BWR TYPE REACTORS; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; MELTDOWN; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR CORE DISRUPTION; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENTS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SAFETY; SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- ORNL/NOAC--232-Vol.3.