Plant states shall be identified and grouped into a limited number of categories primarily based on their frequency of occurrence at the nuclear power plant.
Plant states shall typically cover:
- Normal operation
- Anticipated operational occurrences, which are expected to occur over the operating lifetime of the plant
- Design basis accidents
- Design extension conditions, or beyond design basis, including accidents with core melting
Criteria shall be assigned to each plant state, such that frequently occurring plant states shall have no, or only minor, radiological consequences, and plant states that could give rise to serious consequences shall have a very low frequency of occurrence.
ANSI Standards cover a wide range of subjects. Certain ANSI standards were written to amplify the general design criteria of 10CFR 50 Appendix A. For example, ANSI standard 18.2 defines the following design condition categories:
- Condition I – Normal Operation
- Condition II – Incidents of Moderate Frequency
- Condition IIl – Infrequent Incidents
- Condition IV – Limiting Faults
See also: ANSI ANS 51.1: Nuclear Safety Criteria for the Design of Stationary Pressurized Water Reactor Plants, 1983.
References:
Nuclear and Reactor Physics:
- J. R. Lamarsh, Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory, 2nd ed., Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA (1983).
- J. R. Lamarsh, A. J. Baratta, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, 3d ed., Prentice-Hall, 2001, ISBN: 0-201-82498-1.
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- Robert Reed Burn, Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Operation, 1988.
- U.S. Department of Energy, Nuclear Physics and Reactor Theory. DOE Fundamentals Handbook, Volume 1 and 2. January 1993.
Nuclear Safety:
- IAEA Safety Standards, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Design, SSR-2/1 (Rev. 1). VIENNA, 2016.
- IAEA Safety Standards, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Commissioning and Operation, SSR-2/2 (Rev. 1). VIENNA, 2016.
- IAEA Safety Standards, Deterministic Safety Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants, SSG-2 (Rev. 1). VIENNA, 2019.
- IAEA TECDOC SERIES, Considerations on the Application of the IAEA Safety Requirements for the Design of Nuclear Power Plants, IAEA-TECDOC-1791. VIENNA, 2016.
- Safety Reports Series, Accident Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants with Pressurized Water Reactors. ISBN 92–0–110603–3. VIENNA, 2003.
- Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 50, “General Design Criteria for Nuclear Plants.”
- NUREG-0800, Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition.
- Nuclear Power Reactor Core Melt Accidents, Science and Technology Series. IRSN – Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety. ISBN: 978-2-7598-1835-8
- ANSI ANS 51.1: Nuclear Safety Criteria for the Design of Stationary Pressurized Water Reactor Plants, 1983.
See above:
Nuclear Safety