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The ASME PRA Standard and the HCPRA Update

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Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management

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Abstract

A major revision of the Hope Creek Generation Station (HCGS) Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) has been performed to provide the following:

  1. (1)

    An update of the model consistent with the ASME PRA Standard Capability Category II [1]

  2. (2)

    Incorporation of changes based on the NEI PRA Peer Review

  3. (3)

    Inclusion of the impact of a 20% Extended Power Uprate (EPU)

  4. (4)

    Modification of the fire and seismic PRA and integration of them with the internal events analysis

  5. (5)

    Performance of plant specific MAAP 4 thermal hydraulic analyses to support the updated success criteria, accident sequence timing, and radionuclide release magnitude.

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References

  1. ASME PRA Standard, ASME RA-S, 2002.

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  2. PRA Peer Review Process, NEI 00-02.

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  3. An Approach for Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Risk-Informed Decisions on Plant-Specific Changes to the Licensing Basis, Regulatory Guide 1.174, Revision 1, November 2002.

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  1. Public Service Gas and Electric (PSEG), PO Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ, 08038, USA

    W. G. He

  2. ERIN Engineering and Research, Inc., 2105 S. Bascom Avenue Suite 350, Campbell, CA, 95008, USA

    E. T. Burns

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  1. TÜV Süddeutschland, Dudenstrasse 28, D-68167, Mannheim, Germany

    Cornelia Spitzer Dipl.-Math.

  2. Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (HSK), CH-5232, Villigen-HSK, Switzerland

    Ulrich Schmocker PhD

  3. Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    Vinh N. Dang PhD

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He, W.G., Burns, E.T. (2004). The ASME PRA Standard and the HCPRA Update. In: Spitzer, C., Schmocker, U., Dang, V.N. (eds) Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-410-4_465

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