Degradation analysis estimates of the time-to-failure distribution of irradiated fuel elements

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-188

  Yacout, Abdellatif ^a   Salvatores, Stefano ^b   Orechwa, Yuri ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Bootstrap methods; Fuel degradation; Mixed effects models

Indexed keywords

BREEDER REACTORS; COMPONENTS; DEGRADATION; ESTIMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAST REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY;

FIXED THRESHOLD FAILURE MODEL; FUEL PINS; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; PARAMETRIC BOOTSTRAP METHODS; TIME TO FAILURE DISTRIBUTION;

NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS;

EID: 0030086097     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt96-a35187     Document Type: Article

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