Improving allowed outage time and surveillance test interval requirements: a study of their interactions using probabilistic methods

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 119-129

  Martorell, S A ^a   Serradell, V G ^a   Samanta, P K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OUTAGES; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SPECIFICATIONS;

OUTAGE TIME; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT; SURVEILLANCE TEST INTERVAL; TRADE OFF BASED RISK CRITERIA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0029207825     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(94)00043-N     Document Type: Article

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4. Risk-Based Evaluation of Technical Specifications
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7. Quantitative evaluation of surveillance test intervals including test-caused risks
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9. Probabilistic analysis of the interaction between allowed outage time and surveillance test interval requirements