• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.201-201
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• 2003

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.10 no.6 s.38
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• pp.337-344
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• 2005

In order to Perform a PSA. it requires a large number of data for various fields. Therefore, the effective management of the data is essential to perform and review a PSA and to maintain the quality of a PSA. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) is developing a PSA information management system (AIMS: Advanced Information Management System for PSA) which enhances the accessibility to PSA information for all PSA related activities. The AIMS is a database system that stores all references and links to the information used for the PSA analysis. The AIMS consists of a database, information browsing modules and a PSA model manager. This Paper describes how we implemented such a database centered application in the view of two areas, database design and data (document) service.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.118-122
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• 2010

In order to provide the necessary operation flexibility during the Nuclear power operation, the extension of existing allowed outage time(AOT) is needed. The extension of AOT affects the Nuclear power plant safety. The validity of changed technical specification requirements should be proved by the safety assessments. In this paper, we evaluated the extension of emergency diesel generator AOT for a single inoperable emergency diesel generator(EDG) from 3days to 7days, 10days and 14days. Finally, the AOT extension contributes the NPP performances through decreasing the unexpected plant trips, reinforcing maintenance and avoiding risks due to unnecessary operation mode changes when the NPP is under the surveillance tests or maintenance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2013.04a
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• pp.27-28
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• 2013

이 논문에서는 신화재 확률론적 안전성평가 (PSA) 방법 중 정성적 분석 방법을 울진 3호기 원전에 적용한 결과를 기술하였다. 지금까지 대부분의 국내 원전 에서는 EPRI 화재 PSA 방법을 이용하여 화재 PSA를 수행해 왔었다. 최근 미국 규제기관과 산업체에서는 신화재 PSA 방법으로 NUREG/CR-6850을 개발하였다. 신화재 PSA 방법을 이용하여 울진 3호기를 정성적으로 분석한 결과 150개의 방화지역 중 75개 지역이 정량적 분석 대상으로 파악되었다. 이는 기존 EPRI 화재 PSA 방법으로 수행한 방화지역 수보다 23개 많았다. 또 화재 PSA 수행을 위한 기기 수는 770여개이고 케이블 수는 6,000여개로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.893-898
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• 1998

원자력발전소의 확률론적안전성평가(PSA)의 일부로 수행되어 왔던 인간신뢰도분석(HRA)방법은 최근 여러가지 결함이 지적되어 왔고 이를 보완하는 노력들이 계속되어 왔다 본 연구에서는 기존 HRA 방법의 취약점을 해결할 수 있는 인간오류분석 방법 개발을 목표로, 현재까지 개발되어온 인간오류분석 방법들을 검토하고, 원전 운전원 직무의 분석에 적절하다고 판단되는 HRMS, CREAM, PHECA 등 세가지 방법을 선정하여 사고관리 운전원 직무중 '원자로공동중수' 직무에 적용하는 사례연구를 수행하였다 사례연구 결과, PHECA는 원자력발전소 운전원 직무의 오류분석으로는 부적합한 것으로 평가되었고, HRMS나 CREAM은 사고관리 인지오류분석에 기본적인 적합성은 있는 것으로 평가되었다. 각 방법에 대한 장, 단점과 개선점을 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.11 no.6 s.44
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• pp.261-267
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• 2006

In order to perform a probabilistic safety assessment (PSA), it requires a large number of data for various fields. And the quality of a PSA results have become more important thing of the risk assessment. As part of enhancing the PSA qualify, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute is developing a full power Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) calculator to manage human failure events (HFEs) and to calculate the diagnosis human error probabilities and execution human error probabilities. This paper introduces the development process and an overview of a standard HRA method for nuclear power plants. The study was carried out in three stages; 1) development of the procedures and rules for a standard HRA method. 2) design of a system structure, 3) development of the HRA calculator.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.253-257
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 설계중인 스마트원전에 대한 화재 PSA 방법과 결과 그리고 민감도분석 결과를 기술하였다. 기존 국내 원전 화재 PSA에서는 EPRI의 fire PRA implementation guide에 따라 수행해왔었다. RG 1.189에 따르면 NFPA 805를 채택하는 원전이나 신규원전은 NUREG/CR-6850 방법에 따라 화재 PSA를 수행해야만 한다. 스마트는 설계단계의 원전이기에 화재 PSA 수행위한 충분한 설계정보가 없고 스마트의 선행호기도 없다. 따라서 NUREG/CR-6850 방법을 스마트에 모두 적용할 수 없어 EPRI fire PRA implementation guid와 NUREG/CR-6850 방법을 사용하여 스마트 원전에 대한 화재 PSA를 수행하였다. 화재 PSA 결과에 중요한 영향을 미치는 요인들에 대해 민감도분석을 수행하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.82-90
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• 2021

The spent fuel pool (SFP) of a nuclear power plant functions to store the spent fuel. The spent fuel pool is designed to properly remove the decay heat generated from the spent fuel. If the cooling function is lost and proper operator action is not taken, the spent fuel in the storage pool can be damaged. Probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) is a safety evaluation method that can evaluate the risk of a large and complex system. So far, the probabilistic safety assessment of nuclear power plants has been mainly performed on the reactor. This study defined the requirements and the functional architecture for the probabilistic safety assessment of the spent fuel pool (SFP-PSA) by applying the systems engineering process. And, a systematic and efficient methodology was defined according to the architecture.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.66-73
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• 2021

This report documents the results of an at-power internal events Level 1 Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) for a Korea research reactor (KRR). The aim of the study is to determine the accident sequences, construct an internal level 1 PSA model, and estimate the core damage frequency (CDF). The accident quantification is performed using the AIMS-PSA software version 1.2c along with a fault tree reliability evaluation expert (FTREX) quantification engine. The KRR PSA model is quantified using a cut-off value of 1.0E-15/yr to eliminate the non-effective minimal cut sets (MCSs). The final result indicates a point estimate of 4.55E-06/yr for the overall CDF attributable to internal initiating events in the core damage state for the KRR. Loss of Electric Power (LOEP) is the predominant contributor to the total CDF via a single initiating event (3.68E-6/yr), providing 80.9% of the CDF. The second largest contributor is the beam tube loss of coolant accident (LOCA), which accounts for 9.9% (4.49E-07/yr) of the CDF.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.136-143
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• 2018

In this study, we conducted a pilot study on the multiple spurious operations (MSO) analysis in the fire probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) of domestic nuclear power plant (NPP) to identify the degree of influence of the operator actions used in the MSO mitigation strategies. The MSO scenario of the domestic reference NPP selected for this study is refueling water tank (RWT) drain down event. It could be caused by spurious operations of the containment spray system (CSS) of the reference NPP. The RWT drain down event can be stopped by the main control room (MCR) operator actions for stopping the operation of CSS pump or closing the CSS motor operated valve if the containment spray actuation signal (CSAS) is spuriously actuated. Outside the MCR, it can be stopped by operator actions for closing the CSS manual valves or motor operated valve or stopping the operation of CSS pump. The quantification result of a fire PSA model that takes into account all recovery actions for the RWT drain down event lead to risk reduction by about 95%, compared with quantification result of fire PSA model without considering them. Among the various operator actions, the recovery action for the spurious CSAS operations and the operator action for the manual valve are identified as the most important operator actions. This study quantitatively showed the extent to which the operator actions used as MSO countermeasures have affected the fire PSA quantification results. In addition, we can see the rank of importance among the operator recovery actions in quantitative terms.