A Methodology for Grouping Source Terms for Consequence Calculations in Probabilistic Risk Assessments

Ronald L. Iman, Jon C. Helton and Jay D. Johnson

Risk Analysis, 1990, vol. 10, issue 4, 507-520

Abstract: The individual plant analyses in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's reassessment of the risk from commercial nuclear power plants (NUREG‐1150) consist of four parts: systems analysis, accident‐progression analysis, source‐term analysis, and consequence analysis. Careful definition of the interfaces between these parts is necessary for both information flow and computational efficiency. This paper describes the procedure used to define the interface between the source‐term analysis and the consequence analysis. This interface is accomplished by forming groups of source terms with similar properties and then performing one set of MACCS calculations for each group.

Date: 1990
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