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Advanced Test Reactor Safety Basis Upgrade Lessons Learned Relative To Design Basis Verification And Safety Basis Management
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Book Synopsis Advanced Test Reactor Safety Basis Upgrade Lessons Learned Relative to Design Basis Verification and Safety Basis Management by :
Download or read book Advanced Test Reactor Safety Basis Upgrade Lessons Learned Relative to Design Basis Verification and Safety Basis Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) is a pressurized light-water reactor with a design thermal power of 250 MW. The principal function of the ATR is to provide a high neutron flux for testing reactor fuels and other materials. The reactor also provides other irradiation services such as radioisotope production. The ATR and its support facilities are located at the Test Reactor Area of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). An audit conducted by the Department of Energy's Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance (DOE OA) raised concerns that design conditions at the ATR were not adequately analyzed in the safety analysis and that legacy design basis management practices had the potential to further impact safe operation of the facility. 1 The concerns identified by the audit team, and issues raised during additional reviews performed by ATR safety analysts, were evaluated through the unreviewed safety question process resulting in shutdown of the ATR for more than three months while these concerns were resolved. Past management of the ATR safety basis, relative to facility design basis management and change control, led to concerns that discrepancies in the safety basis may have developed. Although not required by DOE orders or regulations, not performing design basis verification in conjunction with development of the 10 CFR 830 Subpart B upgraded safety basis allowed these potential weaknesses to be carried forward. Configuration management and a clear definition of the existing facility design basis have a direct relation to developing and maintaining a high quality safety basis which properly identifies and mitigates all hazards and postulated accident conditions. These relations and the impact of past safety basis management practices have been reviewed in order to identify lessons learned from the safety basis upgrade process and appropriate actions to resolve possible concerns with respect to the current ATR safety basis. The need for a design basis reconstitution program for the ATR has been identified along with the use of sound configuration management principles in order to support safe and efficient facility operation.
Book Synopsis Advanced Test Reactor Design Basis Reconstitution Project Issue Resolution Process by :
Download or read book Advanced Test Reactor Design Basis Reconstitution Project Issue Resolution Process written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) Design Basis Reconstitution Program (DBRP) is a structured assessment and reconstitution of the design basis for the ATR. The DBRP is designed to establish and document the ties between the Document Safety Analysis (DSA), design basis, and actual system configurations. Where the DBRP assessment team cannot establish a link between these three major elements, a gap is identified. Resolutions to identified gaps represent configuration management and design basis recovery actions. The proposed paper discusses the process being applied to define, evaluate, report, and address gaps that are identified through the ATR DBRP. Design basis verification may be performed or required for a nuclear facility safety basis on various levels. The process is applicable to large-scale design basis reconstitution efforts, such as the ATR DBRP, or may be scaled for application on smaller projects. The concepts are applicable to long-term maintenance of a nuclear facility safety basis and recovery of degraded safety basis components. The ATR DBRP assessment team has observed numerous examples where a clear and accurate link between the DSA, design basis, and actual system configuration was not immediately identifiable in supporting documentation. As a result, a systematic approach to effectively document, prioritize, and evaluate each observation is required. The DBRP issue resolution process provides direction for consistent identification, documentation, categorization, and evaluation, and where applicable, entry into the determination process for a potential inadequacy in the safety analysis (PISA). The issue resolution process is a key element for execution of the DBRP. Application of the process facilitates collection, assessment, and reporting of issues identified by the DBRP team. Application of the process results in an organized database of safety basis gaps and prioritized corrective action planning and resolution. The DBRP team follows the ATR DBRP issue resolution process which provides a method for the team to promptly sort and prioritize questions and issues between those that can be addressed as a normal part of the reconstitution project and those that are to be handle as PISAs. Presentation of the DBRP issue resolution process provides an example for similar activities that may be required at other facilities within the Department of Energy complex.
Book Synopsis Safety Design Strategy for the Advanced Test Reactor Emergency Firewater Injection System Replacement Project by :
Download or read book Safety Design Strategy for the Advanced Test Reactor Emergency Firewater Injection System Replacement Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In accordance with the requirements of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Order 413.3B, "Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets," safety must be integrated into the design process for new or major modifications to DOE Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities. The intended purpose of this requirement involves the handling of hazardous materials, both radiological and chemical, in a way that provides adequate protection to the public, workers, and the environment. Requirements provided in DOE Order 413.3B and DOE Order 420.1B, "Facility Safety," and the expectations of DOE-STD-1189-2008, "Integration of Safety into the Design Process," provide for identification of hazards early in the project and use of an integrated team approach to design safety into the facility. This safety design strategy provides the basic safety-in-design principles and concepts that will be used for the Advanced Test Reactor Reliability Sustainment Project. While this project does not introduce new hazards to the ATR, it has the potential for significant impacts to safety-related systems, structures, and components that are credited in the ATR safety basis and are being replaced. Thus the project has been determined to meet the definition of a major modification and is being managed accordingly.
Book Synopsis Safety Assessment for Research Reactors and Preparation of the Safety Analysis Report by : IAEA
Download or read book Safety Assessment for Research Reactors and Preparation of the Safety Analysis Report written by IAEA and published by International Atomic Energy Agency. This book was released on 2022-08-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Safety Guide provides recommendations on the safety assessment for research reactors in the authorization process, and on performance of safety analysis and preparation of the safety analysis report. It also incorporates the relevant lessons learned from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and elaborates guidance on interfaces between nuclear safety and nuclear security. The recommendations in this Safety Guide are intended for operating organizations of research reactors; it can also be used by designers performing a safety assessment for a research reactor. Furthermore, this guide provides useful guidance for regulatory bodies performing a review and assessment of submitted safety analysis reports as an important document within authorization process. This Safety Guide is a revision of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSG-20, which it supersedes.
Book Synopsis Safety Design Strategy for the Advanced Test Reactor Primary Coolant Pump and Motor Replacement Project by :
Download or read book Safety Design Strategy for the Advanced Test Reactor Primary Coolant Pump and Motor Replacement Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In accordance with the requirements of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Order 413.3B, "Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets," safety must be integrated into the design process for new or major modifications to DOE Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities. The intended purpose of this requirement involves the handling of hazardous materials, both radiological and chemical, in a way that provides adequate protection to the public, workers, and the environment. Requirements provided in DOE Order 413.3B and DOE Order 420.1B, "Facility Safety," and the expectations of DOE-STD-1189-2008, "Integration of Safety into the Design Process," provide for identification of hazards early in the project and use of an integrated team approach to design safety into the facility. This safety design strategy provides the basic safety-in-design principles and concepts that will be used for the Advanced Test Reactor Reliability Sustainment Project. While this project does not introduce new hazards to the ATR, it has the potential for significant impacts to safety-related systems, structures, and components that are credited in the ATR safety basis and are being replaced. Thus the project has been determined to meet the definition of a major modification and is being managed accordingly.
Book Synopsis Safety Design Strategy for the Advanced Test Reactor Diesel Bus (E-3) and Switchgear Replacement Project by :
Download or read book Safety Design Strategy for the Advanced Test Reactor Diesel Bus (E-3) and Switchgear Replacement Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In accordance with the requirements of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Order 413.3B, "Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets," safety must be integrated into the design process for new or major modifications to DOE Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities. The intended purpose of this requirement involves the handling of hazardous materials, both radiological and chemical, in a way that provides adequate protection to the public, workers, and the environment. Requirements provided in DOE Order 413.3B and DOE Order 420.1B, "Facility Safety," and the expectations of DOE-STD-1189-2008, "Integration of Safety into the Design Process," provide for identification of hazards early in the project and use of an integrated team approach to design safety into the facility. This safety design strategy provides the basic safety-in-design principles and concepts that will be used for the Advanced Test Reactor Reliability Sustainment Project. While this project does not introduce new hazards to the ATR, it has the potential for significant impacts to safety-related systems, structures, and components that are credited in the ATR safety basis and are being replaced. Thus the project has been determined to meet the definition of a major modification and is being managed accordingly.
Book Synopsis Safety Assurance for Irradiating Experiments in the Advanced Test Reactor by : S. B. Grover
Download or read book Safety Assurance for Irradiating Experiments in the Advanced Test Reactor written by S. B. Grover and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR), located at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), was specifically designed to provide a high neutron flux test environment for conducting a variety of experiments. This paper addresses the safety assurance process for two general types of experiments conducted in the ATR facility and how the safety analyses for experiments are related to the ATR safety basis. One type of experiment is more routine and generally represents greater risks; therefore, this type of experiment is addressed in more detail in the ATR safety basis. This allows the individual safety analysis for this type of experiment to be more standardized. The second type of experiment is defined in more general terms in the ATR safety basis and is permitted under more general controls. Therefore, the individual safety analysis for the second type of experiment tends to be more unique and is tailored to each experiment.
Book Synopsis Preliminary Safety Evaluation of the Advanced Burner Test Reactor by : T. H. Fanning
Download or read book Preliminary Safety Evaluation of the Advanced Burner Test Reactor written by T. H. Fanning and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results of a preliminary safety evaluation of the Advanced Burner Test Reactor (ABTR) pre-conceptual design are reported. The ABTR safety design approach is described. Traditional defense-in-depth design features are supplemented with passive safety performance characteristics that include natural circulation emergency decay heat removal and reactor power reduction by inherent reactivity feedbacks in accidents. ABTR safety performance in design-basis and beyond-design-basis accident sequences is estimated based on analyses. Modeling assumptions and input data for safety analyses are presented. Analysis results for simulation of simultaneous loss of coolant pumping power and normal heat rejection are presented and discussed, both for the case with reactor scram and the case without reactor scram. The analysis results indicate that the ABTR pre-conceptual design is capable of undergoing bounding design-basis and beyond-design-basis accidents without fuel cladding failures. The first line of defense for protection of the public against release of radioactivity in accidents remains intact with significant margin. A comparison and evaluation of general safety design criteria for the ABTR conceptual design phase are presented in an appendix. A second appendix presents SASSYS-1 computer code capabilities and modeling enhancements implemented for ABTR analyses.
Book Synopsis Safety Assessment of Research Reactors and Preparation of the Safety Analysis Report by : International Atomic Energy Agency
Download or read book Safety Assessment of Research Reactors and Preparation of the Safety Analysis Report written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents guidelines, approved by international consensus, for the preparation, review and assessment of the safety documentation (Safety Series No. 35-S1) and for the preparation of the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) (Safety Series No. 35-S2).
Download or read book Safety of Research Reactors written by and published by IAEA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Establishes requirements for all areas of the safety of research reactors, with particular emphasis on requirements for design and operation. This publication covers the lifetime of research reactor facilities, from site evaluation to design and construction, commissioning, operation, including utilization and modification, and decommissioning.
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Book Synopsis Safety of Nuclear Power Plants by : International Atomic Energy Agency
Download or read book Safety of Nuclear Power Plants written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the basis of the principles included in the Fundamental Safety Principles, IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SF-1, this Safety Requirements publication establishes requirements applicable to the design of nuclear power plants. It covers the design phase and provides input for the safe operation of the power plant. It elaborates on the safety objective, safety principles and concepts that provide the basis for deriving the safety requirements that must be met for the design of a nuclear power plant. Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Applying the safety principles and concepts; 3. Management of safety in design; 4. Principal technical requirements; 5. General plant design; 6. Design of specific plant systems.
Book Synopsis Final Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Certification of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Design. Volume 1: Main Report by :
Download or read book Final Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Certification of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Design. Volume 1: Main Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This safety evaluation report (SER) documents the technical review of the US Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) standard design by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff. The application for the ABWR design was initially submitted by the General Electric Company, now GE Nuclear Energy (GE), in accordance with the procedures of Appendix O of Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 50). Later GE requested that its application be considered as an application for design approval and subsequent design certification pursuant to 10 CFR [section] 52.45. The ABWR is a single-cycle, forced-circulation, boiling water reactor (BWR) with a rated power of 3,926 megawatts thermal (MWt) and a design power of 4,005 MWt. To the extent feasible and appropriate, the staff relied on earlier reviews for those ABWR design features that are substantially the same as those previously considered. Unique features of the ABWR design include internal recirculation pumps, fine-motion control rod drives, microprocessor-based digital logic and control systems, and digital safety systems. On the basis of its evaluation and independent analyses, the NRC staff concludes that, subject to satisfactory resolution of the confirmatory items identified in Section 1.8 of this SER, GE's application for design certification meets the requirements of Subpart B of 10 CFR Part 52 that are applicable and technically relevant to the US ABWR standard design.
Book Synopsis Advances in Nuclear Safety Analysis Methodology by : John Luxat
Download or read book Advances in Nuclear Safety Analysis Methodology written by John Luxat and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in nuclear safety analysis methodology provide a unique exposition of leading-edge safety analysis techniques which are now sufficiently mature for application in nuclear reactor licensing. The chapters in the book discuss accidents with major significance to nuclear safety, which contribute to the safety design features of specific reactor types. The governing safety design objectives are presented, together with a description of the analysis methods used to quantify the behaviour of the reactor and associated safety-related systems. After sections on both Design Basis Accidents (DBA) and Beyond Design Basis Accidents (BDBA), the equally important topic of analysis relevant to accident management and emergency response is also addressed. This book will provide researchers, safety analysis and nuclear operational staff with a practical, highly authoritative and consolidated guide to state-of-the-art methods for nuclear safety analysis. Provides a comprehensive description of the analysis methods for Design Basis Accident (DBA) and Beyond Design Basis Accident (BDBA) events Gives practical, yet high level insight into nuclear safety analysis, explaining how it is carried out and why it is performed in a particular way Consolidates essential information on nuclear safety analysis methodology that currently exists only in research journal papers
Book Synopsis Final Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Certification of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Design. Volume 2: Appendices by :
Download or read book Final Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Certification of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Design. Volume 2: Appendices written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This safety evaluation report (SER) documents the technical review of the US Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) standard design by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff. The application for the ABWR design was initially submitted by the General Electric Company, now GE Nuclear Energy (GE), in accordance with the procedures of Appendix O of Part 50 of Title 10 of the code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 50). Later GE requested that its application be considered as an application for design approval and subsequent design certification pursuant to 10 CFR [section] 52.45. The ABWR is a single-cycle, forced-circulation, boiling water reactor (BWR) with a rated power of 3,926 megawatts thermal (MWt) and a design power of 4,005 MWt. To the extent feasible and appropriate, the staff relied on earlier reviews for those ABWR design features that are substantially the same as those previously considered. Unique features of the ABWR design include internal recirculation pumps, fine-motion control rod drives, microprocessor-based digital logic and control systems, and digital safety systems. On the basis of its evaluation and independent analyses, the NRC staff concludes that, subject to satisfactory resolution of the confirmatory items identified in Section 1.8 of this SER, GE's application for design certification meets the requirements of Subpart B of 10 CFR Part 52 that are applicable and technically relevant to the US ABWR standard design.
Book Synopsis Experimental Validation of Passive Safety System Models by : Nicolas Zweibaum
Download or read book Experimental Validation of Passive Safety System Models written by Nicolas Zweibaum and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of advanced nuclear reactor technology requires understanding of complex, integrated systems that exhibit novel phenomenology under normal and accident conditions. The advent of passive safety systems and enhanced modular construction methods requires the development and use of new frameworks to predict the behavior of advanced nuclear reactors, both from a safety standpoint and from an environmental impact perspective. This dissertation introduces such frameworks for scaling of integral effects tests for natural circulation in fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactors (FHRs) to validate evaluation models (EMs) for system behavior; subsequent reliability assessment of passive, natural- circulation-driven decay heat removal systems, using these validated models; evaluation of life cycle carbon dioxide emissions as a key environmental impact metric; and recommendations for further work to apply these frameworks in the development and optimization of advanced nuclear reactor designs. In this study, the developed frameworks are applied to the analysis of the Mark 1 pebble-bed FHR (Mk1 PB-FHR) under current investigation at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). The capability to validate integral transient response models is a key issue for licensing new reactor designs. This dissertation presents the scaling strategy, design and fabrication aspects, and startup testing results from the Compact Integral Effects Test (CIET) facility at UCB, which reproduces the thermal hydraulic response of an FHR under forced and natural circulation operation. CIET provides validation data to confirm the performance of the direct reactor auxiliary cooling system (DRACS) in an FHR, used for natural-circulation-driven decay heat removal, under a set of reference licensing basis events, as predicted by best-estimate codes such as RELAP5-3D. CIET uses a simulant fluid, Dowtherm A oil, which at relatively low temperatures (50-120°C) matches the Prandtl, Reynolds, Froude and Grashof numbers of the major liquid salts simultaneously, at approximately 50% geometric scale and heater power under 2% of prototypical conditions. The studies reported here include isothermal pressure drop tests performed during startup testing of CIET, with extensive pressure data collection to determine friction losses in the system, as well as subsequent heated tests, from parasitic heat loss tests to more complex feedback control tests and natural circulation experiments. For initial code validation, coupled steady-state single-phase natural circulation loops and simple forced cooling transients were conducted in CIET. For various heat input levels and temperature boundary conditions, fluid mass flow rates and temperatures were compared between RELAP5- 3D results, analytical solutions when available, and experimental data. This study shows that RELAP5-3D provides excellent predictions of steady-state natural circulation and simple transient forced cooling in CIET. The code predicts natural circulation mass flow rates within 8%, and steady-state and transient fluid temperatures, under both natural and forced circulation, within 2°C of experimental data, suggesting that RELAP5-3D is a good EM to use to design and license FHRs. A key element in design and licensing of new reactor technology lies in the analysis of the plant response to a variety of potential transients. When applicable, this involves understanding of passive safety system behavior. This dissertation develops a framework to assess reliability and propose design optimization and risk mitigation strategies associated with passive decay heat removal systems, applied to the Mk1 PB-FHR DRACS. This investigation builds upon previous detailed design work for Mk1 components and the use of RELAP5-3D models validated for FHR natural circulation phenomenology. For risk assessment, reliability of the point design of the passive safety system for the Mk1 PB-FHR, which depends on the ability of various structures to fulfill their safety functions, is studied. Whereas traditional probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) methods are based on event and fault trees for components of the system that perform in a binary way - operating or not operating -, this study is mostly based on probability distributions of heat load compared to the capacity of the system to remove heat, as recommended by the reliability methods for passive safety functions (RMPS) that are used here. To reduce computational time, the use of response surfaces to describe the system in a simplified manner, in the context of RMPS, is also demonstrated. The design optimization and risk mitigation part proposes a framework to study the elements of the design of the reactor, and more specifically its passive safety cooling system, which can contribute to enhanced reliability of heat removal under accident conditions. Risk mitigation measures based on design, startup testing, in-service inspection and online monitoring are proposed to narrow probability distributions of key parameters of the system and increase reliability and safety. Another major aspect in the development of novel energy systems is the assessment of their impacts on the environment compared to current technologies. While most existing life cycle assessment (LCA) studies have been applied to conventional nuclear power plants, this dissertation proposes a framework to extend such studies to advanced reactor designs, using the example of the Mk1 PB-FHR. The Mk1 uses a nuclear air-Brayton combined cycle designed to produce 100 MWe of base-load electricity when operated with only nuclear heat, and 242 MWe using natural gas co-firing for peaking power. The Mk1 design provides a basis for quantities and costs of major classes of materials involved in building the reactor and fabricating fuel, and operation parameters. Existing data and economic input-output LCA models are used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions per kWh of electricity produced over the life cycle of the reactor. Baseline life cycle emissions from the Mk1 PB-FHR in base-load configuration are 26% lower than average Generation II light water reactors in the U.S., 98% lower than average U.S. coal plants and 96% lower than average U.S. natural gas combined cycle plants using the same turbine technology. In peaking configuration, due to its nuclear component and higher thermal efficiency, the Mk1 plant only produces 32% of the emissions of average U.S. gas turbine simple cycle peaking plants. One key contribution to life cycle emissions results from the amount and type of concrete used for reactor construction. This is an incentive to develop innovative construction methods using optimized steel-concrete composite wall modules and new concrete mixes to reduce life cycle emissions from the Mk1 and other advanced reactor designs.
Book Synopsis Supplement No. 3 to the Safety Evaluation Report by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in the Matter of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Et Al., Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2, Docket No. 50-311 by : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Download or read book Supplement No. 3 to the Safety Evaluation Report by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in the Matter of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Et Al., Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2, Docket No. 50-311 written by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
