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Determination of Performance Indicator Thresholds Based on Typical PSA Results  

Kang, Dae-Il (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Kil-Yoo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Hwang, Mee-Jung (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Sung, Key-Yong (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.36, no.6, 2004 , pp. 485-496 More about this Journal
Abstract
Typical probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) results were used to estimate the performance indicator (PI) thresholds of unplanned reactor scram (URS) and safety system unavailability (SSU) for Korean nuclear power plants (NPPs). The changes in core damage frequency (${\Delta}$CDFs) of $10^{-6}/yr$, $10^{-5}/yr$, and $10^{-4}/yr$ were adopted as the risk criteria in setting up the PI thresholds. The PI thresholds for the URS were estimated using information pertaining to the initiating event frequencies, the CDF, and the CDF contribution of each initiating event. The PI thresholds of the SSU were estimated using information on the unavailability, the Fussell-Vesely importance, and the CDF.
Keywords
performance indicator thresholds; unplanned reactor scram; safety system unavailability; probabilistic safety assessment; core damage frequency;
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