Application of Level 3 Probabilistic Safety Analysis In UK HPR1000

Abstract

Abstract A Level 3 Probabilistic Safety Assessment (L3 PSA) is required in UK Generic Design Assessment (GDA) to demonstrate that a new nuclear power plant is suitable to be built in UK. L3 PSA is used to assess the individual and societal risk and compare the results against the offsite Radiation Protection Targets (RPTs) for fault and accident conditions. There is little relevant good practice and mature standard for L3 PSAs that have recently been implemented worldwide. In this study, a pilot L3 PSA is performed for UK HPR1000 to reflect the UK context and relevant good practices. It introduces the methodology and the processes to be followed to perform conditional consequences calculations for the faults and accident scenarios. All radiation sources are considered and analyzed. The radiological risks to a potential UK site are analyzed and compared against RPTs. A widely used code - PC COSYMA, is selected for quantification. The strengths and limitations of the code are justified based on the project situation, and either qualitative arguments or supplementary analysis is subsequently proposed to overcome the limitations. The final L3 PSA results are derived to support the demonstration that the offsite radiological risks for UK HPR1000 have been achieved as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP) and has met the UK regulatory expectation.