Optimization of the surveillance test interval of the safety systems at the plant level

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 352-365

  Yang, Joon Eon ^a   Sung, Tae Yong ^a   Jin, Youngho ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTIMIZATION;

EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDG); PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT (PSA); SURVEILLANCE TEST INTERVALS (STI);

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0034498945     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT00-A3149     Document Type: Article

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