Evolution of probabilistic safety assessment and its applications in nuclear power plants

Author

Cepin, Marko

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

fYear

2015

fDate

7-9 July 2015

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

60

Abstract

Probabilistic Safety Assessment is a standardized method for assessing and improving nuclear power plant safety through the risk analysis. The risk deals with probabilities of events and their consequences. The development of risk criteria is a prerequisite for risk informed decision making. Development of risk informed decision making brings forward the risk analyses into the acceptance of decisions considering the risk analyses results. The results of probabilistic safety assessment show what to improve to decrease the risk and consequently contribute to enhanced safety.

Keywords

fission reactor safety; nuclear power stations; probability; nuclear power plant safety; probabilistic safety assessment evolution; risk analysis; risk informed decision making; Conferences; Decision support systems; Power generation; Probabilistic logic; Safety; database; event tree; external events; fault tree; internal events; nuclear power plant; probabilistic safety assessment; risk; uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Digital Technologies (IDT), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zilina

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DT.2015.7222950

Filename

7222950