A methodological approach and the basic tenets for evaluating the reliability of in-reactor monitoring of VVER are presented. The method is based on the statistical analysis of indications in real time and includes methods for evaluating the admissible maximum error of the measurement channels used for monitoring as well as the average value and admissible deviation of indications in groups of parallel monitoring channels, as well as a method of evaluating reliability by comparing the values of a parameter with the regime values. In comparing the indications of a monitoring channel with the indications of other parallel channels, the median value is proposed as the baseline value. The developed method is implemented in the Diagnostika SVRK special software, which has been successfully tested during the commissioning of the No. 1 unit at the Novovoronezh NPP-2.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 124, No. 1, pp. 8–13, January, 2018.
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Semenikhin, A.V., Saunin, Y.V. & Ryasnyi, S.I. Method of Determining the Reliability of Real-Time In-reactor Monitoring of VVER. At Energy 124, 8–13 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-018-0367-8
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