Download or read book Implications of Power Uprates on Safety Margins of Nuclear Power Plants. IAEA TECDOC Series written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication addresses the specific topics relating to the utilization of safety margins for nuclear power power plant (NPP) uprates. Progress made in the development and application of modern computer codes for safety analysis and better understanding of phenomena involved in plant design and operation enable analysts to determine licensing margins with higher precision. There is a general tendency for utilities to take advantage of unnecessarily large conservatism in safety analyses and to utilize them for reactor power uprates, better utilization of nuclear fuel, higher operational flex.