An approach to assess reliability of offsite power as a site selection criteria for a nuclear power plant

Bikash Poudel; Kalpesh Joshi; Ramakrishna Gokaraju

An approach to assess reliability of offsite power as a site selection criteria for a nuclear power plant

Bikash Poudel
, Kalpesh Joshi
, Ramakrishna Gokaraju

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

Various initiating events (IE) trigger the operation of emergency core cooling systems (ECCS) in a nuclear powerplant(NPP).The offsite power-one of the major power source for the ECCS-if reliable, can significantly reduce the chances of station blackout (SBO) and thus the nuclear coremeltdowns. Hence, it is importantto include the reliability of offsite power as a criterion for site selection of NPP during the planning phase. This paper proposes an approachbased on Reliability block diagram (RBD) technique to assess various sites for their suitability to host an NPP in terms of reliability of the offsite power. The proposed approach is discussed as a part of site selection problem for NPP in the Saskatchewan electrical gridhaving many sites as potential candidates.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Nuclear Future
Subtitle of host publication	Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference
Publisher	Canadian Nuclear Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9781926773278
State	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	38th Annual Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and 42nd Annual CNS/CNA Student Conference - The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - Saskatoon, Canada Duration: Jun 3 2018 → Jun 6 2018

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Name	The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference

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Conference	38th Annual Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and 42nd Annual CNS/CNA Student Conference - The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Saskatoon
Period	06/3/18 → 06/6/18

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Poudel, B., Joshi, K., & Gokaraju, R. (2018). An approach to assess reliability of offsite power as a site selection criteria for a nuclear power plant. In The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference (The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference). Canadian Nuclear Society.

Poudel, Bikash ; Joshi, Kalpesh ; Gokaraju, Ramakrishna. / An approach to assess reliability of offsite power as a site selection criteria for a nuclear power plant. The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference. Canadian Nuclear Society, 2018. (The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference).

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Poudel, B, Joshi, K & Gokaraju, R 2018, An approach to assess reliability of offsite power as a site selection criteria for a nuclear power plant. in The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference. The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference, Canadian Nuclear Society, 38th Annual Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and 42nd Annual CNS/CNA Student Conference - The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion, Saskatoon, Canada, 06/3/18.

An approach to assess reliability of offsite power as a site selection criteria for a nuclear power plant. / Poudel, Bikash; Joshi, Kalpesh; Gokaraju, Ramakrishna.
The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference. Canadian Nuclear Society, 2018. (The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Poudel B, Joshi K, Gokaraju R. An approach to assess reliability of offsite power as a site selection criteria for a nuclear power plant. In The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference. Canadian Nuclear Society. 2018. (The Nuclear Future: Challenges and Innovaion - 38th Annual CNS Conference and 42nd CNS/CNA Student Conference).

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