A Methodology for Evaluating Severe Accident Management Strategies

Severe accidents are defined as those which entail at least an initial core damage, in many cases specified as the overcoming of the regulatory fuel. After Fukushima accident, the effectiveness of the severe accident management strategy has been attracted worldwide. There is a typical example of severe accident management strategy like Severe Accident Management and Guideline (SAMG). Unfortunately, suitable method for evaluating the accident management strategy is absence until now. In this study, the evaluation methodology which utilizes the decision tree is developed to evaluate the severe accident management strategies. In addition, we applied the developed methodology to ShinKori nuclear power plant Unit 3, 4 and modeled decision tree for evaluation. In this study, we developed a methodology to evaluate the severe accident management strategy by using decision tree. In addition, the evaluation was carried out by selecting the cavity flooding strategy. Shinkori unit 3, 4 which is APR1400 is selected and analyzed for reference plant. In order to evaluation, decision tree for cavity flooding is modeled. With reliability data, quantification will be conducted. The utility of other severe accident management strategies can be evaluated with proposed methodology in this study. Finally, it is expected that this methodology improves the safety of nuclear power plant