The GO-FLOW reliability analysis methodology - Analysis of common cause failures with uncertainty

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-214

  Matsuoka, Takeshi ^a   Kobayashi, Michiyuki ^a  

^a Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0031549862     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(97)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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