The probability of containment failure by direct containment heating in Zion

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 164, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 1-36

  Pilch, M M ^a   Yan, H ^b   Theofanous, T G ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISKS;

DIRECT CONTAINMENT HEATING; RISK ORIENTED ACCIDENT ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY; TWO CELL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; ZION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT;

CONTAINMENT VESSELS;

EID: 0030217178     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-5493(96)01227-7     Document Type: Article

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