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Optimization of Fire Protection Measures and Quality Controls in Nuclear Power Plants. A Study Carried out Jointly by GRS (Reactor Safety Association) and ABK (Task Group on Fire Protection in Nuclear Power Stations)
This study presents theoretical and experimental investigations on the evaluation of fire hazards and the optimization of fire protection measures in German nuclear power plants. Differences between the method presented here and the US ''Fire Hazard Analysis'' result from the inclusion of the stringent redundancy concept of German nuclear power plants and the emphasis placed on passive structural fire protection measures. The method includes a time-dependent quantification of fire-specific event sequences. Fire occurrence frequencies and the reliabilities of active fire protection measures were derived from German experiences and literature abroad. The reliability data of passive fire protection measures were obtained by an evaluation of experiments and probabilistic analyses. For the calculation of fire sequences fundamental experiments were taken into consideration. For the quantification of the time-dependent event trees a methodology was applied which permits an evaluation of the influence of the individual measures. The consequences of fire were investigated for ten fire events identified as decisive, and the fire sequence paths important in terms of safety were quantified. Their annual frequencies are within a range of 10 sup -3 to 8.10 sup -6 . (ERA citation 11:040485)
Optimization of Fire Protection Measures and Quality Controls in Nuclear Power Plants. A Study Carried out Jointly by GRS (Reactor Safety Association) and ABK (Task Group on Fire Protection in Nuclear Power Stations)
This study presents theoretical and experimental investigations on the evaluation of fire hazards and the optimization of fire protection measures in German nuclear power plants. Differences between the method presented here and the US ''Fire Hazard Analysis'' result from the inclusion of the stringent redundancy concept of German nuclear power plants and the emphasis placed on passive structural fire protection measures. The method includes a time-dependent quantification of fire-specific event sequences. Fire occurrence frequencies and the reliabilities of active fire protection measures were derived from German experiences and literature abroad. The reliability data of passive fire protection measures were obtained by an evaluation of experiments and probabilistic analyses. For the calculation of fire sequences fundamental experiments were taken into consideration. For the quantification of the time-dependent event trees a methodology was applied which permits an evaluation of the influence of the individual measures. The consequences of fire were investigated for ten fire events identified as decisive, and the fire sequence paths important in terms of safety were quantified. Their annual frequencies are within a range of 10 sup -3 to 8.10 sup -6 . (ERA citation 11:040485)
Optimization of Fire Protection Measures and Quality Controls in Nuclear Power Plants. A Study Carried out Jointly by GRS (Reactor Safety Association) and ABK (Task Group on Fire Protection in Nuclear Power Stations)
H. Brenig (author) / H. Holtschmidt (author) / H. Liemersdorf (author) / L. Suetterlin (author) / R. Dobbernack (author)
1985
132 pages
Report
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English
Reactor Engineering & Nuclear Power Plants , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Nuclear Power Plants , Fire Prevention , Failure Mode Analysis , Federal Republic of Germany , Fire Hazards , Fires , Human Factors , Optimization , PWR Type Reactors , Probability , Reactor Safety , Reliability , Foreign technology , ERDA/220900 , ERDA/210200 , Fire protection