The idea of setting up an economic zone around the sea of Japan voiced for the first time over a decade ago is still in the limelight. An increasingly larger number of organisations and individuals are getting interested in the project and its implementation. The article sketches out the...

The Terms of Reference specifies the background, objectives, scope, main tasks and organization of European Network on Use of Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) for Evaluation of Ageing Effects to the Safety of Energy Facilities (EC JRC IE APSA Network). The Network was initiated under the...

This guideline intends to provide a practical approach and to recommend the methods to be used in selection/prioritization of components, systems and structures (SSC) sensitive to ageing and important from risk point of view in operating nuclear power plants.The approach intends to ensure that...

The aim of case study was to demonstrate the applicability of methods for reliability parameters estimation, presented in the guideline (EUR 23954 EN), using the operational data from VVER-440 plants. Two types of calculations were performed, using Excel functions and WINBUGS scripts, to...