A design-phase PSA of anuclear-powered hydrogen plant

Flores Flores, Alain (2007). A design-phase PSA of anuclear-powered hydrogen plant. "Nuclear Engineering and Design", v. 237 (n. 3); pp. 219-229. ISSN 0029-5493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.06.006.

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Title: A design-phase PSA of anuclear-powered hydrogen plant
Author/s:
  • Flores Flores, Alain
Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Nuclear Engineering and Design
Date: February 2007
ISSN: 0029-5493
Volume: 237
Subjects:
Faculty: E.T.S.I. Industriales (UPM)
Department: Otro
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

A probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) is being developed for a steam-methane reforming hydrogenproduction plant linked to a high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor (HTGR). This work is based on the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute's (JAERI) High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) prototype in Japan. The objective of this paper is to show how the PSA can be used for improving the design of the coupled plants. A simplified HAZOP study was performed to identify initiating events, based on existing studies. The results of the PSA show that the average frequency of an accident at this complex that could affect the population is 7 × 10−8 year−1 which is divided into the various end states. The dominant sequences are those that result in a methane explosion and occur with a frequency of 6.5 × 10−8 year−1, while the other sequences are much less frequent. The health risk presents itself if there are people in the vicinity who could be affected by the explosion. This analysis also demonstrates that an accident in one of the plants has little effect on the other. This is true given the design base distance between the plants, the fact that the reactor is underground, as well as other safety characteristics of the HTGR.

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Item ID: 10848
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/10848/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:10848
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.06.006
Official URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 16 May 2012 09:44
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2016 19:03
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