Reliability methods for passive safety functions

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 173-180

  Marques M ^a   Pignatel, J F ^a   D'Auria, F ^a   Burgazzi, L ^a   Muller C ^a   Cojazzi, G ^a   La Lumia, V ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ISOLATION CONDENSER SYSTEM; RELIABILITY METHODS FOR PASSIVE SAFETY FUNCTIONS; THERMAL HYDRAULIC RELIABILITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0036392985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE10-22274     Document Type: Conference Paper

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