Risk/cost assessment of administrative time restrictions on nuclear power plant operations
Description
This paper analyzes the effect of varying administrative time restraints on plant availability and the attending risk and economics of continued plant operation. The approach involves a Monte Carlo simulation to predict plant availability with variations in operating restrictions due to degraded safeguard systems. The model provides information on the cost of plant outages. The results from an extensive study on the risks associated with the operation of commercial power reactors are then coupled with the results of the simulation to form the basis of a risk-cost comparison. From this comparison, observations and recommendations can be made as to the viability of relaxing such restrictions. A DC power system for a pressurized water reactor plant is used for the simulation and risk study
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
- Imprint Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Imprint Title
- Nuclear systems reliability engineering and risk assessment
- Journal Page Range
- p. 495-517.
Conference
- Title
- International conference on nuclear systems reliability engineering and risk assessment.
- Dates
- 20 - 24 Jun 1977.
- Place
- Gatlinburg, TN, USA.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 10480075
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AVAILABILITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR OPERATION; RISK ANALYSIS
- Descriptors DEC
- NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OPERATION; POWER PLANTS; REACTORS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS