Advanced Tools for Safety Assessment
Development and Use of Advanced Tools for Safety Assessment
To strengthen Member States capabilities in effective safety assessment and safety enhancement of nuclear installations through the development and application of safety standards and guides for advanced deterministic and probabilistic analytical methods/tools, and through the integration of deterministic and probabilistic approaches and its applications to the risk informed decision-making process, and the implementation of safety performance indicators for safety assessment application and increased transparency .
Specific topical areas and their applications include: design basis accident, beyond design basis accident, safety analysis, accident management, safety performance indicators, risk informed decision-making, and deterministic and probabilistic safety assessment methods/tools.
- Harmonizing the use of advanced safety analysis methods for long term operation of existing NPPs and for innovative designs
- Assisting in the use of safety management tools
- Fostering technical developments and trends in safety analyses
For further information please contact Mamdouh El-Shanawany.
Advanced safety analysis methods
Harmonizing the use of advanced safety analysis methods for long term operation of existing NPPs and for innovative designs
To harmonize the use by Member States of advanced safety analysis methods, such as best estimate methods, and computational fluid dynamics, in support of long term operations of existing nuclear power plants and for innovative designs in accordance with the Agency’s safety standards. To provide for self-assessment by nuclear power plant operators of defence in depth capabilities of existing and innovative reactor designs, in particular in the area of accident analysis. The IAEA Centre for Advance Safety Analysis Tool (CASAT) is currently being expanded to assure to provide a flexible web-based platform for collaborative safety assessment projects and associated training on advanced safety assessment tools and methods.
Co-ordinated Research Projects: Evaluation of best estimate accident analysis
Assisting in the use of safety management tools
To increase the capability of Member States to achieve a high level of safety through a consistent approach to risk-informed regulations and the use of Safety Performance Indicators and other safety management tools.
Related Service: CASAT, IPSART, RAMP, SAR
Co-ordinated Research Projects:
- Development of a methodology for risk-informed in-service inspections
- Analysis and development of safety performance indicators for nuclear power plants
Fostering technical developments and trends in safety analyses
To transfer modern technical developments and trends in safety analyses to Member States, such as high burn up fuel safety issues, safety goals, risk estimate and environmental impact calculation from level 3 PSA, accident analysis methodology for fusion, etc.
