Ingrid Tulga Martini
Benchmark of dynamic approaches and tools for the Probabilistic Safety Assessment of Nuclear Systems.
Rel. Nicola Pedroni. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Energy And Nuclear Engineering, 2025
Abstract
Improving safety has always been a fundamental objective in the nuclear industry and for the development of new reactors. Over the past 30 years, safety evaluations have evolved, with Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) becoming a well-established procedure. Despite its widespread acceptance, PRA has limitations, including the possibility of overconservative results and the exclusion of the explicit interaction among time, repairs, physics and operator interventions. These limitations are particularly evident in specific cases that could benefit from a dynamic study, such as Generation IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFR), which France has developed, constructed, and continues to design and study. New and more ambitious safety goals are key pillars in the development of Gen IV reactors.
Addressing the traditional PRA limits and developing more adaptive methods to accurately assess risk is essential for their safety demonstration
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