Insights gained from applying negate-down during quantification for seismic probabilistic safety assessmentInsights gained from applying negate-down during quantification for seismic probabilistic safety assessment
- Authors
- Kim, J.S.; Kim, M.C.
- Issue Date
- Aug-2022
- Publisher
- Korean Nuclear Society
- Keywords
- Binary decision diagram; Core damage frequency; Delete-term approximation; Minimal cutset upper bound; Seismic probabilistic safety assessment
- Citation
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology, v.54, no.8, pp 2933 - 2940
- Pages
- 8
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- Volume
- 54
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 2933
- End Page
- 2940
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/57778
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.net.2022.03.014
- ISSN
- 1738-5733
- Abstract
- Approximations such as the delete-term approximation, rare event approximation, and minimal cutset upper bound (MCUB) need to be prudently applied for the quantification of a seismic probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) model. Important characteristics of seismic PSA models indicate that preserving the success branches in a primary seismic event tree is necessary. Based on the authors' experience in modeling and quantifying plant-level seismic PSA models, the effects of applying negate-down to the success branches in primary seismic event trees on the quantification results are summarized along with the following three insights gained: (1) there are two competing effects on the MCUB-based quantification results: one tending to increase and the other tending to decrease; (2) the binary decision diagram does not always provide exact quantification results; and (3) it is identified when the exact results will be obtained, and which combination provides more conservative results compared to the others. Complicated interactions occur in Boolean variable manipulation, approximation, and the quantification of a seismic PSA model. The insights presented herein can assist PSA analysts to better understand the important theoretical principles associated with the quantification of seismic PSA models. © 2022 Korean Nuclear Society
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