AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, VOLUMES I AND II

Abstract

A method of determining the probability of successful operation of a nuclear power generating station for any minimum acceptable fraction of a given operating cycle is described. A digital computer program is provided to carry out the required calculation and automatically indicate the return to be expected from improved reliability and redundancy in the weakest component. Sample calculations for EBWR and PM-1 are presented to illustrate the use of the method. It is shown that to increase the accuracy of these probability calculations better reliability data are required, in particular on components specifically designed for inclusion in nuclear power plants. To overcome this difficulty, a proposed reliability data gathering procedure is presented. The procedure is based upon the use of punched cards to facilitate data handling. An additional computer program is provided to accept component failure, repair data, and plant operating history, and to produce failure rate and average repair time information. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0274455

Entities

People

  • G. Hefferon

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Availability
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Inclusions
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Probability
  • Punched Cards
  • Redundancy
  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Statistical inference.