Methods for assessing NPP containment pressure boundary integrity

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 55-72

  Naus, D J ^a   Ellingwood, B R ^b   Graves III, H L ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CODES (STANDARDS); CONCRETES; CORROSION; INSPECTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE VESSELS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RELIABILITY; STEEL; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONTAINMENT PRESSURE; PRESSURE BOUNDARY;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0442327415     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2003.06.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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