Reliability analysis of shutdown system

• Published in: Annals of nuclear energy Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 63 - 87
• Main Authors: Kumar, C. Senthil, John Arul, A., Pal Singh, Om, Suryaprakasa Rao, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2005
• Subjects: India
• ISSN: 0306-4549; 1873-2100
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2004.08.002

This paper presents the results of reliability analysis of Shutdown System (SDS) of Indian Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor. Reliability analysis carried out using Fault Tree Analysis predicts a value of 3.5 × 10 −8/de for failure of shutdown function in case of global faults and 4.4 × 10 −8/de for local faults. Based on 20 de/y, the frequency of shutdown function failure is 0.7 × 10 −6/ry, which meets the reliability target, set by the Indian Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. The reliability is limited by Common Cause Failure (CCF) of actuation part of SDS and to a lesser extent CCF of electronic components. The failure frequency of individual systems is <1 × 10 −3/ry, which also meets the safety criteria. Uncertainty analysis indicates a maximum error factor of 5 for the top event unavailability.