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    Interface MechanisticSourceTermAnalysis

    Represents the technical element for 4.3.16 Mechanistic Source Term Analysis (MS).

    This technical element addresses the characterization of radiological releases to the environment.

    interface MechanisticSourceTermAnalysis {
        additionalMetadata?: {
            assumptions?: string[];
            eventSequenceQuantificationReferences?: {
                analysisId: string;
                date?: string;
                usageDescription: string;
                version?: string;
            }[];
            limitations?: string[];
            riskIntegrationReferences?: {
                analysisId: string;
                date?: string;
                usageDescription: string;
                version?: string;
            }[];
            traceability?: string;
        };
        commonAssumptions?: BaseAssumption[];
        created: string;
        description?: string;
        eventSequenceToReleaseCategoryMappings: EventSequenceToReleaseCategoryMapping[];
        modelUncertaintyDocumentation: MechanisticSourceTermModelUncertaintyDocumentation;
        modified: string;
        owner?: string;
        preOperationalAssumptionsDocumentation?: MechanisticSourceTermPreOperationalAssumptionsDocumentation;
        processDocumentation: MechanisticSourceTermProcessDocumentation;
        radioactiveSources: Record<
            string,
            mechanistic_source_term.RadioactiveSource,
        >;
        radionuclideTransportBarriers: Record<string, RadionuclideTransportBarrier>;
        references?: {
            description: string;
            technicalElementId: string;
            technicalElementType: TechnicalElementTypes;
        }[];
        releaseCategories: Record<
            mechanistic_source_term.ReleaseCategoryReference,
            ReleaseCategory,
        >;
        releaseCategoryBases: Record<
            mechanistic_source_term.ReleaseCategoryReference,
            ReleaseCategoryBasis,
        >;
        releasePhases: Record<string, ReleasePhase>;
        riskIntegrationDescription?: {
            feedbackIncorporation?: string;
            integrationChallenges?: string[];
            releaseCategoryUsage: string;
            sourceTermUsage: string;
            supportDescription: string;
            uncertaintyPropagation?: string;
        };
        riskIntegrationFeedback?: {
            analysisId: string;
            feedbackDate?: string;
            generalFeedback?: string;
            releaseCategoryFeedback?: Record<
                mechanistic_source_term.ReleaseCategoryReference,
                {
                    insights?: string[];
                    recommendations?: string[];
                    riskSignificance?: ImportanceLevel;
                    status?: "IN_PROGRESS"
                    | "PENDING"
                    | "ADDRESSED"
                    | "DEFERRED";
                },
            >;
            response?: {
                changes?: string[];
                description: string;
                status: "IN_PROGRESS"
                | "PENDING"
                | "COMPLETED";
            };
            sourceTermDefinitionFeedback?: Record<
                SourceTermDefinitionReference,
                {
                    insights?: string[];
                    keyUncertainties?: string[];
                    recommendations?: string[];
                    riskSignificance?: ImportanceLevel;
                    status?: "IN_PROGRESS"
                    | "PENDING"
                    | "ADDRESSED"
                    | "DEFERRED";
                },
            >;
        };
        sensitivityStudies: MechanisticSourceTermSensitivityStudy[];
        sourceTermDefinitions: Record<
            SourceTermDefinitionReference,
            SourceTermDefinition,
        >;
        sourceTermModels: Record<string, SourceTermModel>;
        status?: "DRAFT" | "APPROVED" | "REVIEW" | "DEPRECATED";
        tags?: string[];
        transportMechanisms: Record<string, TransportMechanism>;
        transportPhenomenaAnalysis: Record<string, TransportPhenomena>;
        type: MECHANISTIC_SOURCE_TERM_ANALYSIS;
        uncertaintyAnalyses: Record<
            string,
            MechanisticSourceTermUncertaintyAnalysis,
        >;
        version: string;
    }

    Hierarchy

    • TechnicalElement<TechnicalElementTypes.MECHANISTIC_SOURCE_TERM_ANALYSIS>
      • MechanisticSourceTermAnalysis
    Index

    Properties

    additionalMetadata?: {
        assumptions?: string[];
        eventSequenceQuantificationReferences?: {
            analysisId: string;
            date?: string;
            usageDescription: string;
            version?: string;
        }[];
        limitations?: string[];
        riskIntegrationReferences?: {
            analysisId: string;
            date?: string;
            usageDescription: string;
            version?: string;
        }[];
        traceability?: string;
    }

    Additional metadata specific to Mechanistic Source Term Analysis.

    Type declaration

    • Optionalassumptions?: string[]

      Mechanistic source term specific assumptions

    • OptionaleventSequenceQuantificationReferences?: {
          analysisId: string;
          date?: string;
          usageDescription: string;
          version?: string;
      }[]

      References to event sequence quantification results that provide input to this analysis. This provides traceability between technical elements.

    • Optionallimitations?: string[]

      Mechanistic source term specific limitations

    • OptionalriskIntegrationReferences?: {
          analysisId: string;
          date?: string;
          usageDescription: string;
          version?: string;
      }[]

      References to risk integration results that use this analysis. This provides traceability between technical elements.

    • Optionaltraceability?: string

      Traceability information

    commonAssumptions?: BaseAssumption[]

    Common assumptions that apply across this technical element Using the standardized BaseAssumption interface

    created: string

    The date the technical element was created

    description?: string

    The description of the technical element

    eventSequenceToReleaseCategoryMappings: EventSequenceToReleaseCategoryMapping[]

    Mappings of event sequences to release categories.

    MS-E1(c)

    Documentation of model uncertainties in the mechanistic source term analysis.

    MS-C6

    MS-E3

    modified: string

    The date the technical element was last modified

    owner?: string

    The owner of the technical element

    preOperationalAssumptionsDocumentation?: MechanisticSourceTermPreOperationalAssumptionsDocumentation

    Documentation of pre-operational assumptions.

    MS-E4

    Process documentation for the mechanistic source term analysis.

    MS-E1

    radioactiveSources: Record<string, mechanistic_source_term.RadioactiveSource>

    Characterization of the modeled sources of radioactive material and their inventories.

    MS-B1

    radionuclideTransportBarriers: Record<string, RadionuclideTransportBarrier>

    Assessment of radionuclide transport barriers. These barriers may reference barriers defined in the Plant Operating States module while adding mechanistic source term specific characteristics.

    MS-B2

    MS-B4

    references?: {
        description: string;
        technicalElementId: string;
        technicalElementType: TechnicalElementTypes;
    }[]

    References to other technical elements

    releaseCategories: Record<
        mechanistic_source_term.ReleaseCategoryReference,
        ReleaseCategory,
    >

    Definition of the set of release categories.

    MS-A1

    releaseCategoryBases: Record<
        mechanistic_source_term.ReleaseCategoryReference,
        ReleaseCategoryBasis,
    >

    Technical basis for the adequacy of release category definitions.

    MS-E1(b)

    releasePhases: Record<string, ReleasePhase>

    Release phases defined for various source terms.

    riskIntegrationDescription?: {
        feedbackIncorporation?: string;
        integrationChallenges?: string[];
        releaseCategoryUsage: string;
        sourceTermUsage: string;
        supportDescription: string;
        uncertaintyPropagation?: string;
    }

    Documentation of the integration with risk integration. Describes how this analysis is used in risk integration and how feedback is incorporated.

    Type declaration

    • OptionalfeedbackIncorporation?: string

      How feedback from risk integration is incorporated

    • OptionalintegrationChallenges?: string[]

      Challenges in integrating with risk integration

    • releaseCategoryUsage: string

      How release categories are used in risk integration

    • sourceTermUsage: string

      How source term definitions are used in risk integration

    • supportDescription: string

      Description of how this analysis supports risk integration

    • OptionaluncertaintyPropagation?: string

      How uncertainties are propagated to risk integration

    riskIntegrationFeedback?: {
        analysisId: string;
        feedbackDate?: string;
        generalFeedback?: string;
        releaseCategoryFeedback?: Record<
            mechanistic_source_term.ReleaseCategoryReference,
            {
                insights?: string[];
                recommendations?: string[];
                riskSignificance?: ImportanceLevel;
                status?: "IN_PROGRESS"
                | "PENDING"
                | "ADDRESSED"
                | "DEFERRED";
            },
        >;
        response?: {
            changes?: string[];
            description: string;
            status: "IN_PROGRESS"
            | "PENDING"
            | "COMPLETED";
        };
        sourceTermDefinitionFeedback?: Record<
            SourceTermDefinitionReference,
            {
                insights?: string[];
                keyUncertainties?: string[];
                recommendations?: string[];
                riskSignificance?: ImportanceLevel;
                status?: "IN_PROGRESS"
                | "PENDING"
                | "ADDRESSED"
                | "DEFERRED";
            },
        >;
    }

    Risk integration feedback received for this analysis. This field contains feedback from risk integration that should be considered in future revisions of the mechanistic source term analysis.

    Type declaration

    • analysisId: string

      ID of the risk integration analysis that provided the feedback

    • OptionalfeedbackDate?: string

      Date the feedback was received

    • OptionalgeneralFeedback?: string

      General feedback on the mechanistic source term analysis

    • OptionalreleaseCategoryFeedback?: Record<
          mechanistic_source_term.ReleaseCategoryReference,
          {
              insights?: string[];
              recommendations?: string[];
              riskSignificance?: ImportanceLevel;
              status?: "IN_PROGRESS"
              | "PENDING"
              | "ADDRESSED"
              | "DEFERRED";
          },
      >

      Feedback on release categories

    • Optionalresponse?: {
          changes?: string[];
          description: string;
          status: "IN_PROGRESS" | "PENDING" | "COMPLETED";
      }

      Response to the feedback

      • Optionalchanges?: string[]

        Changes made or planned in response to the feedback

      • description: string

        Description of how the feedback was or will be addressed

      • status: "IN_PROGRESS" | "PENDING" | "COMPLETED"

        Status of the response

    • OptionalsourceTermDefinitionFeedback?: Record<
          SourceTermDefinitionReference,
          {
              insights?: string[];
              keyUncertainties?: string[];
              recommendations?: string[];
              riskSignificance?: ImportanceLevel;
              status?: "IN_PROGRESS"
              | "PENDING"
              | "ADDRESSED"
              | "DEFERRED";
          },
      >

      Feedback on source term definitions

    Sensitivity studies performed on source term parameters.

    MS-D2

    MS-E1(f)

    sourceTermDefinitions: Record<
        SourceTermDefinitionReference,
        SourceTermDefinition,
    >

    Definition of the source term for each modeled release category, including release characteristics and timing.

    MS-E2

    sourceTermModels: Record<string, SourceTermModel>

    Models and computer programs used in the development of source terms.

    MS-E1(e)

    status?: "DRAFT" | "APPROVED" | "REVIEW" | "DEPRECATED"

    The status of the technical element

    tags?: string[]

    Tags associated with the technical element

    transportMechanisms: Record<string, TransportMechanism>

    Assessment of transport mechanisms for each release category.

    MS-B3

    transportPhenomenaAnalysis: Record<string, TransportPhenomena>

    Identification of the relevant radionuclide transport phenomena for each release category.

    MS-C1

    MS-B5

    type: MECHANISTIC_SOURCE_TERM_ANALYSIS

    The type of technical element

    uncertaintyAnalyses: Record<string, MechanisticSourceTermUncertaintyAnalysis>

    Uncertainty analyses performed on the mechanistic source terms.

    MS-D1

    version: string

    The version of the technical element