European clearinghouse: Contributing factors to incidents related to reactivity management

Bruynooghe, Ch.; Noël, Marc

doi:10.1016/j.pnucene.2009.10.004

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“…In 2008, two top i cal studies have been per formed. The IAEA/OECD/NEA In ci dent Re port ing Sys tem (IRS) was cho sen as a ref er ence da ta base for iden ti fi ca tion of events corre spond ing to the tech ni cal field scru ti nised: distur bance in the grid with ref er ence to the Forsmark event [7] and re ac tiv ity man age ment events with ref er ence to the Shika-1 crit i cal ity in ci dent [8][9][10].…”

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European clearinghouse: Development areas and priorities in operational experience feedback for nuclear power plants

Noël¹

2010

Nucl. Technol. Radiat. Prot.

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Nuclear power plant operational experience has been used for many years in order to improve the safety of nuclear facilities throughout the world. In the European Union, a regional Clearinghouse on Operational Experience Feedback for Nuclear Power Plants has been established to enhance nuclear safety through improvement of the use of lessons learned from operational experience. The EU Clearinghouse is organized as a network operated by a centralized office located at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and currently gathering nine European Safety Authorities and two major European Technical Support Organizations. Two years of operation of the EU Clearinghouse have shown the benefits of the common initiative and further areas of development have been identified. Among them, the need for further development of in depth analyses of dedicated families of operational events has been highlighted. The present paper describes the history of the initiative, the current work areas being developed and corresponding priorities for further improvement of the use of lessons learned from operational experience in the European Union

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European clearinghouse: Development areas and priorities in operational experience feedback for nuclear power plants

Noël¹

2010

Nucl. Technol. Radiat. Prot.

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“…One of the technical tasks of the European Clearinghouse consists in performing in depth analysis of families of events ("topical studies) in order to identify the main recurring causes, contributing factors, lessons learned and to disseminate and promote recommendations aiming at reducing the reoccurrence of similar events in the future [2][3].…”

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Disturbances in the European Nuclear Power Plant Safety Related Electrical Systems

Duchac¹,

Noël²

2011

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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and illustrate some vulnerabilities of the plant electrical system to over voltage transients. It identified electrical equipment involved, failure modes, contributing factors, actual and potential consequences, and corrective actions. Initiating factors and associated root causes were also analysed. The analysis of International Operation Experience Feedback revealed number of events that involved disturbances in the plant electrical systems, and which may have features in common with the Forsmark-1 event. It underlines the importance of sharing lessons learned from design modifications made at another unit of similar design that if known, it could have identified susceptibility of emergency diesel generators to common mode failure before the event occurred. This paper also summarizes international projects that were initiated by Forsmark event, as well as important lessons that still can be learned from Forsmark event. This paper presents actions taken at nuclear power plants and regulatory authorities in different countries to prevent similar event to occur. K e y w o r d s: Forsmark event, nuclear power plant, disturbances in the plant electrical systems

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Nuclear power plant construction: What can be learned from past and on-going projects?

Benoît

Noël

2011

Nuclear Engineering and Design

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European clearinghouse: Contributing factors to incidents related to reactivity management

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European clearinghouse: Development areas and priorities in operational experience feedback for nuclear power plants

European clearinghouse: Development areas and priorities in operational experience feedback for nuclear power plants

Disturbances in the European Nuclear Power Plant Safety Related Electrical Systems

Nuclear power plant construction: What can be learned from past and on-going projects?

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