Methodology for updating GO-FLOW model to handle scenario changes in nuclear power plants

The design of a nuclear power plant is proved to be safe enough in various hypothetical operation scenarios after strict safety assessment. One of the important tasks of operational risk management in a nuclear power plant is to evaluate whether any configuration change of the nuclear power plant ca...

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Main Authors: Dai Xinyu, Yang Ming, Wang Jipu, Xu Zhihui, Wen Hanguan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Energy Research
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.1034835/full
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Summary:The design of a nuclear power plant is proved to be safe enough in various hypothetical operation scenarios after strict safety assessment. One of the important tasks of operational risk management in a nuclear power plant is to evaluate whether any configuration change of the nuclear power plant can still achieve its expected safety and economic goals. This paper proposes a system reliability modeling and analysis method based on two-layers hierarchical GO-FLOW model. By flexibly adjusting the parameters of a GO-FLOW model, the model can adapt to the changes of success criteria and various configuration of the modeled system, thus avoiding the extra workload brought by re-modeling and improving the efficiency of risk management in nuclear power plants.
ISSN:2296-598X