Safety requirements to face nuclear power plants blackout using standby gas turbine generator

Abstract EN

The main function of nuclear power plant safety systems is to prevent damage to the reactor and the release of radioactive materials into the surroundings following an occurrence that interrupts normal power plant operation.

Recent nuclear regulations concerning the emergency power generating facilities in nuclear power plants consider diesel engines only for the application which isn't the best choice for stand by generation needs.

In this paper the main goal is to determine the main characteristic of Diesel Generator (DG) and Gas Turbine Generator (GTG) and justify the main general requirements for a station blackout power sources using gas turbine generator instead of commonly used diesel generators to bring multiplicity to the design of the nuclear unit.