Enhanced Component Performance Study: Emergency Diesel Generators 1998???2014

Schroeder, John Alton¹ 

[1] Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

关键词: PERFORMANCE;    NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;    FAILURES;    ACCIDENTS;    PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION;    DETECTION;    MANUFACTURERS;    PROBABILITY;    RISK ASSESSMENT;    EVALUATION;    RELIABILITY;    DIESEL ENGINES;    ELECTRIC GENERATORS;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1260458
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT--16-37936
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1260458
Others  :  TRN: US1601553

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This report presents an enhanced performance evaluation of emergency diesel generators (EDGs) at U.S. commercial nuclear power plants. This report evaluates component performance over time using (1) Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) Consolidated Events Database (ICES) data from 1998 through 2014 and (2) maintenance unavailability (UA) performance data from Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI) Basis Document data from 2002 through 2014. The objective is to show estimates of current failure probabilities and rates related to EDGs, trend these data on an annual basis, determine if the current data are consistent with the probability distributions currently recommended for use in NRC probabilistic risk assessments, show how the reliability data differ for different EDG manufacturers and for EDGs with different ratings; and summarize the subcomponents, causes, detection methods, and recovery associated with each EDG failure mode. Engineering analyses were performed with respect to time period and failure mode without regard to the actual number of EDGs at each plant. The factors analyzed are: sub-component, failure cause, detection method, recovery, manufacturer, and EDG rating. Six trends with varying degrees of statistical significance were identified in the data.