RELAP

HW I
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Acronyms of RELAP-SCADAP:

RELAP: Reactor Excursion and Leak Analysis Program SCDAP: Severe Core Damage Analysis Package

Verification And Validation of Computer Codes:

Verification: Verification of a code includes reviews, inspections and audits. The verification must be made for codes logic, numerical methods that are used in the code and the interfaces if the code includes the coupling of other codes. The plans for tests of the verification and the schedule of them must be made at the development stage of the code.

Validation: Validation (also known as qualification or assessment) can be made with three different methods, comparison with analytical solution, with other codes results (benhmark tests) or with experimental datas. Validation includes four different type test calculations; 1. Basic tests: Test calculations for correlations and datas. These experiments are conducted other places than NPPs. 2. Separate Effet tests: Tests for specific phenomenas. If available full scales are better in this case, but if experiment can not be performed using other codes that are known to their accuracy about that phenomena can also be used. 3. Integral test: Test that are directly related to NPPs. These are conducted at small scales or lower conditions (like lower pressure etc.). 4. NPP level testand operationqal transients: Tests that are conducted at actual NPPs. These are used to validate the plant model. When the code is complex a validation matrix can be required to show the type of experimental datas in a wide range to show at which cases the codes accuracy is good. The uncertainty of the code calculation will be determined with the result of the validation. But when the experimental datas are used for validation the uncertainties of the experiments from initial and boundary conditions of the experiment and the scaling law the the experiment done in a scaled facility must taken into account.

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Application of Deterministic Safety Analysis:

Deterministic safety analysis are used at design of the NPPs with the sections as;

1. Design of NPP: The design basis should show that design requirements of structures, systems and components must met the safe operation of the NPP. 2. Safety analysis reports for licensing: The operating organization shall ensure that an independent verification of the safety assessment is performed by individuals or groups separate from those carrying out the design, before the design is submitted to theregulatory body (INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Design, IAEA Safety Standards Series No. NS-R-1, IAEA, Vienna (2000)., para. 3.13) 3. Emergency operating and accident management procedure development: Best estimate analysis must be performed to show that the operation strategies are adequate to anticipated transients and the design bases accidents. Deterministic safety analyses are used to get the inputs for operator actions due to some accidents. And after the emergency operating procedures are complete a validation analysis should be performed. 4. Development of guidelines to severe accident management: Deterministic safety analysis should be used to generate oprator guidelines for severe accident prevention. The measures in the guideline contains both preventive and migatory measures. 5. Periodic safety reviews: New deterministic analysis can be used at periodic safety realese to give assurance about the validity of the original safety analysis. For this both the best estimate anlysis with the uncertainties are used.