【精选】15 A Review of US Databases Used for NPP ER.pdfVIP

Review of US Databases Used for NPP ER U.S.-China Workshop on Data Collection Uses for PSA and Equipment Reliability July 14-18, 2014 Dalian, China Acronyms  BWR – Boiling Water Reactor  EDG - Emergency Diesel Generators  EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute  EPIX - Equipment Performance and Information Exchange  ER – Equipment Reliability  IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency  ICES - INPO Consolidated Event System – INEL - Idaho National Engineering Laboratory  INPO - Institute of Nuclear Power Operations  NERC - North American Electric Reliability Corporation  NPP – Nuclear Power Plant  NRC – Nuclear Regulatory Commission  NUREG – Nuclear Regulatory Guide  OE - Operating Experience  PRA – Probability Risk Assessment  PWR – Pressurized Water Reactor  RADS - Reliability and Availability Data System  US – United States Outline  Equipment Reliability (ER) Programs at US Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs)  Types of Data for ER – Plant-specific data – Industry data – Other data sources ER Programs at US NPPs  US NPPs have ER programs defined by site procedures and processes  Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) are influential in determining the scope and quality of the ER programs at NPPs through • Audits and inspections • INPO evaluations • Review of significant events Types of Data for ER  Data summarizing plant-specific experience • Data collection processes formally defined at each NPP  Generic data summarizing the experience in the industry • Operational Experience (OE) Programs at NPPs • INPO Must-Know OE • INPO ICES database (previously EPIX) • Reliability and Availability Data System (RADS) by INEL • NUREGs (NUREG/CR-2641 for the In-Plant Reliability Database,