TY - GEN
T1 - The risk-informed systems analysis pathway activities
AU - Smith, Curtis
AU - Zhang, Hongbin
AU - Choi, Yong Joon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ESREL2020-PSAM15 Organizers.Published by Research Publishing, Singapore.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The United States nuclear industry is facing a strong challenge to ensure maximum safety while enhancing economic benefit. Safety is a key parameter to all aspects related to light water reactor (LWR) nuclear power plants (NPPs), especially cost savings. Since the goal is to extend the lifetimes of these NPPs, the traditional deterministic safety concept may not guarantee a current economic asset. The Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program has been promoting a wide range of research and development (R&D) in this field to maximize the safety, economics, and performance of these NPPs through improved scientific understanding. One of the best practices to achieve this goal is to identify and optimize safety margin, which can lead to cost reduction. To do this, under the LWRS framework, the Risk-Informed Systems Analysis (RISA) Pathway will focus on the optimization of safety margin and minimization of uncertainties to ensure both safety and economics at the highest level. The RISA Pathway will provide enhanced capabilities for analyzing and characterizing LWR systems performance by developing and demonstrating methods, tools, and data to enable risk-informed margins management..
AB - The United States nuclear industry is facing a strong challenge to ensure maximum safety while enhancing economic benefit. Safety is a key parameter to all aspects related to light water reactor (LWR) nuclear power plants (NPPs), especially cost savings. Since the goal is to extend the lifetimes of these NPPs, the traditional deterministic safety concept may not guarantee a current economic asset. The Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program has been promoting a wide range of research and development (R&D) in this field to maximize the safety, economics, and performance of these NPPs through improved scientific understanding. One of the best practices to achieve this goal is to identify and optimize safety margin, which can lead to cost reduction. To do this, under the LWRS framework, the Risk-Informed Systems Analysis (RISA) Pathway will focus on the optimization of safety margin and minimization of uncertainties to ensure both safety and economics at the highest level. The RISA Pathway will provide enhanced capabilities for analyzing and characterizing LWR systems performance by developing and demonstrating methods, tools, and data to enable risk-informed margins management..
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85107276640
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/2d98ef67-c426-3c06-916b-8a46bb63108a/
U2 - 10.3850/978-981-14-8593-0_5552-cd
DO - 10.3850/978-981-14-8593-0_5552-cd
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85107276640
SN - 9789811485930
T3 - Proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and the 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference
SP - 780
BT - Proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and the 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference
A2 - Baraldi, Piero
A2 - Di Maio, Francesco
A2 - Zio, Enrico
PB - Research Publishing, Singapore
T2 - 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM15 2020
Y2 - 1 November 2020 through 5 November 2020
ER -