Calculating conditional core damage probabilities for nuclear power plant operations

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-307

  Smith, Curtis L ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTOR OPERATION; RISKS;

CORE DAMAGE PROBABILITIES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATIONS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0032010571     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00152-X     Document Type: Article

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