Data on Risk Analysis Reported by R. Himanen and Co-Researchers

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Energy Weekly News -- Fresh data on Risk Analysis are presented in a new report. According to news reporting out of Helsinki, Finland, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "There are four operating nuclear power plant (NPP) units in Finland. The Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) power company has two 840 MWe BWR units supplied by Asea-Atom at the Olkiluoto site."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research, "The Fortum corporation (formerly IVO) has two 500 MWe VVER 440/213 units at the Loviisa site. In addition, a 1600 MWe European Pressurized Water Reactor supplied by AREVA NP (formerly the Framatome ANP-Siemens AG Consortium) is under construction at the Olkiluoto site. Recently, the Finnish Parliament ratified the government Decision in Principle that the utilities' applications to build two new NPP units are in line with the total good of the society. The Finnish utilities, Fenno power company, and TVO company are in progress of qualifying the type of the new nuclear builds. In Finland, risk-informed applications are formally integrated in the regulatory process of NPPs that are already in the early design phase and these are to run through the construction and operation phases all through the entire plant service time. A plant-specific full-scope probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is required for each NPP. PRAs shall cover internal events, area events (fires, floods), and external events such as harsh weather conditions and seismic events in all operating modes."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Special attention is devoted to the use of various risk-informed PRA applications in the licensing of Olkiluoto 3 NPP."

For more information on this research see: Risk-informed regulation and safety management of nuclear power plants-on the prevention of severe accidents. Risk Analysis, 2012;32(11):1978-93. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; Risk Analysis - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1539-6924)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting R. Himanen, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj, Olkiluoto, 27160 EURAJOKI, Finland Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), PO Box 14, FIN-00881 Helsinki, Finland Fortum Corporation, Keilaniementie 1, Espoo, PO Box 1, FIN-00048 FORTUM, Finland.

Keywords for this news article include: Europe, Energy, Finland, Helsinki, Power Plant, Risk Analysis.

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