PSA Application on the Tokai Reprocessing Plant

Ishida, Michihiko; ; Kazuyuki, Morimoto,; Nojiri, Ichiro

Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, p.543 - 548, 2004/00

Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) methodology has been applied on the Tokai Reprocessing Plant (TRP) to evaluate relative importance of safety functions that prevent the progress of events causing to postulated accidents. The relative importance of safety functions was evaluated by using two major importance measures, Fussell-Vesely and Risk Achievement Worth both generally used in PSA of nuclear power plants. Through these evaluations, some useful insights into the safety of the TRP have been obtained. The results of the relative importance measures would be utilized to qualify component/equipment as important safety function.