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2 Risk analyses and protection strategies for the operation of nuclear power plants

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Substances /
Molecular Formulas
Am; Ba; Ce; Cm; Co; Cs; H; H2O; I; Kr; La; Mo; Nb; Nd; Np; Pr; Pu; Rb; Rh; Ru; Sb; Sr; Te; U; Xe; Y; Zr; antimony; caesium; cobalt; hydrogen; niobium; plutonium; uranium; water; xenon
Element Systems C-H; H-O
Properties application; pressure
Keywords ALWR; BWR; LWR; PSA; PWR; accident; advanced light water reactor; application; boiling water reactor; containment; coolant; discharge activity target; energy chain; fossil fuel; hydropower; inventory; light water reactor; nuclear fuel; nuclear power plant; nuclear reactor; nuclear technology; pressurized water reactor; probabilistic safety analysis; release fraction
Main Subjects ALWR; advanced light water reactor; nuclear power plant
Secondary Subjects Markov model; PSA; PSA codes; design; human actions; level-1 PSA; level-2 PSA; level-3 PSA; operation; probabilistic safety analysis; protection strategy; quality assurance; reliability; risk analysis; system modeling
Substrates Am-241; Ba-140; Ce-141; Ce-143; Ce-144; Cm-242; Cm-244; Co-58; Co-60; Cs-134; Cs-136; Cs-137; I-131; I-132; I-133; I-134; I-135; Kr-85; Kr-85m; Kr-87; Kr-88; La-140; Mo-99; Nb-95; Nd-147; Np-239; Pr-143; Pu-238; Pu-239; Pu-240; Pu-241; Rb-86; Rh-105; Ru-103; Ru-105; Ru-106; Sb-127; Sb-129; Sr-89; Sr-90; Sr-91; Te-127m; Te-129; Te-129m; Te-131m; Te-132; Te-99m; U-235; Xe-133; Xe-135; Y-90; Y-91; Zr-95; Zr-97; coal; concrete; hydrocarbon; natural gas; neutron; oil; steel

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2 Risk analyses and protection strategies for the operation of nuclear power plants

Author W. Kröger
Affiliation
Laboratory for Safety Analysis (LSA), ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Part of Landolt-Börnstein - Group VIII Advanced Materials and Technologies
Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology
Volume

3B: Nuclear Energy

Edited by K. Heinloth
Chapter-DOI 10.1007/10857629_12
Book-DOI 10.1007/b82984 (Volume in Bookshelf)

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RIS-Export Kröger, W.: 2 Risk analyses and protection strategies for the operation of nuclear power plants. Heinloth, K. (ed.). SpringerMaterials - The Landolt-Börnstein Database (http://www.springermaterials.com). DOI: 10.1007/10857629_12

Abstract

2 Risk analyses and protection strategies for the operation of nuclear power plants, part of 'Landolt-Börnstein - Group VIII Advanced Materials and Technologies: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology, Volume 3B: Nuclear Energy'.
This document is part of Subvolume B 'Nuclear Energy' of Volume 3 'Energy Technologies' of Landolt-Börnstein Group VIII 'Advanced Materials and Technologies'. It contains: 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Technical fundamentals 2.3 Protection strategies 2.3.1 Basic philosophy 2.3.2 Commonly shared principles and future requirements 2.3.3 Future role of probabilistic safety analysis (PSA) 2.4 Methodology of PSA 2.4.1 Structure and scope 2.4.2 Basic mathematical techniques 2.4.3 Fundamentals of Level-1 PSA 2.4.3.1 Selection of initiating events 2.4.3.2 Event sequence and system modeling 2.4.3.3 Data for assessment of frequencies 2.4.3.4 Treatment of dependences 2.4.3.5 Human actions and reliability 2.4.4 Level-2 PSA 2.4.5 Level-3 PSA 2.4.6 PSA codes 2.4.7 Treatment of uncertainties 2.4.8 Expert judgment 2.4.9 Team expertise and quality assurance issues 2.4.10 Data collection 2.5 PSA applications and results 2.5.1 Status of PSA activities 2.5.2 Results and insights from Level-1 PSA 2.5.3 Results and insights from Level-2 PSA 2.5.4 Results from Level-1 and -2 PSA from a country perspective 2.5.5 Results from Level-3 PSA 2.6 Approaches and results of risk comparisons of different electricity-producing systems 2.7 Outlook 2.8 Appendix 2.8.1 Appendix for 2.4 2.8.2 Appendix for 2.5 2.9 References for 2