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Lead Author: Roy Linthicum Co-author(s): Mike Powell Michael.Powell@aps.com
Presenter of this paper: Michael Powell (michael.powell@aps.com)
Presenter of this paper: Michael Powell (michael.powell@aps.com)
| Flex Equipment Reliability Data |
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| Post Fukushima, Utilities have invested significant resources in procuring Flex Equipment and developing guidance for using the equipment for beyond design basis external hazards. NEI 16-08 “Guidance for Optimizing the Use of Portable Equipment” urges utilities to leverage this investment by using Flex or other portable equipment to provide additional safety benefits. These safety benefits can be quantified by including Flex equipment in the site-specific PRA models. This can provide additional margin for various risk informed applications, such as TSTF-505 “Provide Risk-Informed Extended Completion Times - RITSTF Initiative 4b”, Significance Determination Process evaluations and the Mitigating Systems Performance Index. Modeling Flex equipment in utility PRA models requires the development of reliability data, which is currently unavailable. The PWROG, with support form the BWROG, is currently developing failure data for the most commonly credited Flex equipment. This paper provides the final results of this evaluation including the approach used in developing the data, component boundaries, failure definitions and key sources of uncertainty, as well as the failure rates. |
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Presenter Name: Michael Powell (michael.powell@aps.com)
Bio: Michael (Mike) E. Powell is Director of Strategic Initiatives Palo Verde Generatino Station (Palo Verde) for Arizona Public Service Companv (APS), Powell ioined APS/Palo Verde in 1990. Powell has provided leadership to the US nuclear industry, He is currently the Chairman & Chief Operating Officer or the PWROG In roughly 32years at the site, Powell has held positions of increasing responsibility in various departments,including leadership roles in nuclear licensing, tire protection, nuclear projects, design engineering, maintenance engineering and nuclear fuel management. Powell has been a membership of Senior Leadership at the station since 2005. Powell has served as a Technical Consultant to the IAEA and is contributing author for several IAEA Technical Documents. Powell holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Country: United States of America
Company: Arizona Public Service Company (APS)/PWROG
Job Title: APS Director, Strategic Projects/ PWROG Chairman & Chief Operating Officer
Presenter Name: Michael Powell (michael.powell@aps.com)
Bio: Michael (Mike) E. Powell is Director of Strategic Initiatives Palo Verde Generatino Station (Palo Verde) for Arizona Public Service Companv (APS), Powell ioined APS/Palo Verde in 1990. Powell has provided leadership to the US nuclear industry, He is currently the Chairman & Chief Operating Officer or the PWROG In roughly 32years at the site, Powell has held positions of increasing responsibility in various departments,including leadership roles in nuclear licensing, tire protection, nuclear projects, design engineering, maintenance engineering and nuclear fuel management. Powell has been a membership of Senior Leadership at the station since 2005. Powell has served as a Technical Consultant to the IAEA and is contributing author for several IAEA Technical Documents. Powell holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Country: United States of America
Company: Arizona Public Service Company (APS)/PWROG
Job Title: APS Director, Strategic Projects/ PWROG Chairman & Chief Operating Officer