AUTHOR=Xinyu Dai , Ming Yang , Jipu Wang , Zhihui Xu , Hanguan Wen 

TITLE=Methodology for updating GO-FLOW model to handle scenario changes in nuclear power plants

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Energy Research

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-research/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.1034835

DOI=10.3389/fenrg.2022.1034835

ISSN=2296-598X

ABSTRACT=<p>The design of a nuclear power plant is proved to be safe enough in various hypothetical operation scenarios after strict safety assessment. One of the important tasks of operational risk management in a nuclear power plant is to evaluate whether any configuration change of the nuclear power plant can still achieve its expected safety and economic goals. This paper proposes a system reliability modeling and analysis method based on two-layers hierarchical GO-FLOW model. By flexibly adjusting the parameters of a GO-FLOW model, the model can adapt to the changes of success criteria and various configuration of the modeled system, thus avoiding the extra workload brought by re-modeling and improving the efficiency of risk management in nuclear power plants.</p>