The westinghouse AP1000™ plant design: a generation III+ reactor with unique proven passive safety technology

Demetri, Kathryn J.
Leipner, Carlos I.
Marshall, Melissa L.

2015

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The AP1000™ plant is an 1100-MWe pressurized water reactor with passive safety features and extensive plant simplifications and standardization that simplify construction, operation, maintenance, safety, and cost. The AP1000 plant is based on proven pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology, with an emphasis on safety features that rely solely on natural forces. These passive safety features are combined with simple, active, defense-in-depth systems used during normal plant operations which also provide the first level of defense against more probable events. This paper focuses on specific safety and licensing topics: the AP1000 plant robustness to be prepared for extreme events that may lead to catastrophic loss of infrastructure, such as the Fukushima Dai-ichi event, and the AP1000 plant compliance with the safety objectives for new plants.

Artículo presentado en el XXVI Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana. XIV Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Mexicana de Seguridad Radiológica. Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México, del 5 al 8 de Julio de 2015.

Centrales Nucleares; Reactores Nucleares; Tecnología ;