The Application of Risk-Based Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Assessment of Acceptable Public Safety for Nuclear Power Plants

1985 ◽  
pp. 385-400
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Morgan ◽  
Alfred J. Unione ◽  
George Sauter
Keyword(s):  
Public Safety ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Power Plants ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis

scholarly journals The Challenges of Implementing the Indonesian Experimental Power Reactor (RDE) Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 2048 (1) ◽  
pp. 012001
Author(s):  
D S Wisnubroto ◽  
G R Sunaryo ◽  
Y S B Susilo ◽  
S Bahri ◽  
T Setiadipura
Keyword(s):  
Cost Estimation ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Power Plants ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Abstract This paper shows the effort to implement the RDE and its challenges from 2013 to 2018. RDE was a program to introduce nuclear power plants by building non-commercial power reactors. The RDE program was also used to prove that Indonesian engineers can design a reactor that will later supply electricity and steam for industry. The technology used is a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor. This RDE program is a very strategic intermediate target for energy security and national sovereignty. The development of RDE-based nuclear power plants, in the long run, is expected to have implications for reducing reliance on fossil fuels, more self-sufficiency in energy supply increases national industrial capacity and competitiveness in the global economic order, as well as enhance energy and political diplomacy. Also, RDE can be a reference installation for PeLUIt (Power and Steam Generators for Industry) power plants for small and medium enterprises to meet the demand for electricity and industrial heat in an area’s needs. However, many challenges occurred to implement this program; among them were cost estimation and cost-benefit analysis. Although the program has not been realized, mainly for financial reasons, many positive things have been obtained from these activities.

Lifetime Management of EDF PWR Pressure Vessels and Pipings

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Hedin ◽  
J. C. Legendre
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Cast Stainless Steel ◽  
Non Destructive

Lifetime management of EDF PWR vessels and pipings are one of the main technical key points of safety and competitivness. This paper describes the EDF global approach in this field, which is applied to the nuclear fleet i.e 58 nuclear power plants, and particularly to the first 34 three loops, as far as lifetime is concerned: • operating procedures and routine maintenance, special maintenance and ten years safety reassessment, • engineering analysis, based on feed back experience, scientific knowledge, degradations mechanisms, causes and consequences management, • operating loadings decrease, • complementary deterministic and cost-benefit analysis, • fit for service justifications, • anticipation strategy to prepare future, based on Non Destructive Testing investigations, ability to repair and/or to replace components, in situ expertises, ... Some examples are given: lifetime management of reactor vessels heads and bottom penetrations of pressure vessels, fit for service of cast stainless steel primary pipings, primary nozzles and auxiliary pipings special maintenance.

scholarly journals O SETOR ELÉTRICO E A QUESTÃO AMBIENTAL: ECONOMIA DE MERCADO, ECONOMIA DE COMANDO, ECONOMIA REAL

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Antonio Scarpinella ◽  
Sinclair Mallet Guy Guerra ◽  
Ildo Luis Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Economical Analysis ◽  
Historical Examination

O processo de decisões quanto às alterações ambientais causadas pela construção e operação do sistema de produção e transmissão de energia elétrica tem sido tradicionalmente instruído pela sua análise econômica do ponto de vista empresarial. Uma análise custo-benefício seria suficiente, dentro deste enfoque. Entretanto, a natureza dessas alterações transcende o cálculo econômico feito sob os parâmetros da teoria econômica neoclássica. Nada mais distante de uma coletividade de indivíduos que maximizam suas utilidades, do que os indivíduos que têm poder de influir sobre as decisões mais importantes do setor. O exame histórico da evolução do setor elétrico no Brasil mostra um cenário em que diferentes grupos de atores sociais ou stakeholders, vêm aplicando diferentes paradigmas de análise nas decisões quanto ao uso dos recursos hídricos, alterações nos cursos d’água e na atmosfera. O estudo da dinâmica de evolução dos vários atores sociais, e das relações e embates entre eles são fundamentais para a compreensão do processo histórico. Permite também uma adequada separação e atribuição dos interesses e objetivos aos diversos grupos, pressuposto para qualquer tentativa de síntese em nome de um interesse mais amplo. Abstract The decision making process for the environmental alterations caused by the construction and operation of power plants and transmission system has been instructed traditionally by economical analysis of the business point of view. A cost-benefit analysis would be sufficient, inside of this focus. However, the nature of those alterations transcends economic calculations done under the parameters of the neoclassical economical theory. The individuals that have power of influence over the most important decisions of the power industry couldn’t be more distant of a collectivity of individuals that maximize their utilities. The historical examination of the evolution of the power industry in Brazil shows a scenario in that different groups of stakeholders apply different analysis paradigms in the decisions as for the use of hydro resources, alterations in the water bodies and in the atmosphere. The study of the dynamics of the several social actors’ evolution, and of the relationships and collisions among them are fundamental for the understanding of the historical process. It also allows an appropriate separation and attribution of the interests and objectives to the several groups, presupposition for any synthesis attempt on behalf of a wider interest.

scholarly journals Cost-Benefit Analysis of Flexibility Retrofits for Coal and Gas-Fueled Power Plants: August 2012 - December 2013

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Venkataraman ◽  
G. Jordan ◽  
M. O'Connor ◽  
N. Kumar ◽  
S. Lefton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Gas Fueled

Value of Information and Hypothesis Testing Approaches for Sample Size Determination in Engineering Component Inspection: A Comparison

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eishiro Higo ◽  
Mahesh D. Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Value Of Information ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Sample Size Determination ◽  
Size Determination ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Current State ◽  
Optimal Sample

A sample size determination method is developed for a two-action problem that represents a component maintenance scenario requiring current state estimation. For safety and generation efficiency, each component of a nuclear power plant must be regularly inspected. In terms of safety, the larger the sample size inspected, the less the uncertainty about current and future states of the components; however, such inspections are expensive. Thus, sample size determination becomes an important problem. A key idea for solving this problem is the Value of Information (VoI) and its derivation: the Expected Net Gain of Sampling (ENGS). The ENGS is a function of sample size and represents by how much a decision maker benefits from the observed data. By maximizing the ENGS, the optimal sample size is determined in terms of cost-benefit analysis.

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