Analysis of the technical status of multiunit risk assessment in nuclear power plants

Autor: Man Cheol Kim, Gyunyoung Heo, Ji Woong Yoon, Changkyung Seong, Sejin Baek
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol 50, Iss 3, Pp 319-326 (2018)
ISSN: 1738-5733
Popis: Since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, concern and worry about multiunit accidents have been increasing. Korea has a higher urgency to evaluate its site risk because its number of nuclear power plants (NPPs) and population density are higher than those in other countries. Since the 1980s, technical documents have been published on multiunit probabilistic safety assessment (PSA), but the Fukushima accident accelerated research on multiunit PSA. It is therefore necessary to summarize the present situation and draw implications for further research. This article reviews journal and conference papers on multiunit or site risk evaluation published between 2011 and 2016. The contents of the reviewed literature are classified as research status, initiators, and methodologies representing dependencies, and the insights and conclusions are consolidated. As of 2017, the regulatory authority and nuclear power utility have launched a full-scale project to assess multiunit risk in Korea. This article provides comprehensive reference materials on the necessary enabling technology for subsequent studies of multiunit or site risk assessment. Keywords: Multiunit, Nuclear Power Plant, Probabilistic Safety Assessment, Site Risk Assessment
Databáze: OpenAIRE