Reference No: A1342

Safety-related Analyses – Engineering Solutions for Improvement of Nuclear Safety

Main description

New safety and regulatory requirements as well as power plant upgrades and long-term operation (LTO) of NPPs present challenges to NPP operators as they trigger the need for various safety analyses and assessments. Framatome as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of worldwide operating NPPs has a large experience developing safety concepts and implementing safety improvements, covering also the lessons learned in connection with core melt accidents.

CUSTOMER BENEFITS

  • Challenge solving Challenge solving
  • Operator competitiveness Operator competitiveness
  • Safety excellence Safety excellence
  • Efficiency of operation Efficiency of operation
  • Expertise Expertise
  • Challenge solving
  • Safety excellence
  • Expertise

Sub-Products

Compliance Studies on Nuclear Rules & Regulations

Deterministic Safety Analyses (SCC Screening and Analyses)

Environmental Evaluation/Analyses and Countermeasures (Temperatures, Flooding Protection)

Inherent Boron Dilution

Periodic Safety Review (PSR) (General Approach incl. SSA and PSA)

Risk informed and probabilistic Safety Analyses (PSA / PRA)

Safety analyses up to safe shutdown state

Safety Improvements Studies (Weak Point Analyses, External Hazards Study)

Safety studies’ extension - shutdown states

Safety transient analyses: coupled methods for transient analyses

Steam Generator Tube Rupture analyses

Stress Test Support Studies

Thermal Oscillation Phenomenon

Upgrade for safe operating at reduced inventory