Monte Carlo estimation of generalized unreliability in probabilistic dynamics - I: Application to a pressurized water reactor pressurizer

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-145

  Labeau, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 0141630702     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE97-A24467     Document Type: Article

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