Some lessons learnt from the use of PRA during the design phase

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 287-292

  Van Graan, Henriette ^a   Serbanescu, Dan ^a   Eloff, Louis ^a   Combrink, Yolanda ^a  

^a Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Pty Limited   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Design optimisation; PBMR; PRA; Risk criteria

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN PHASES; PEBBLE BED MODULE REACTORS (PBMR); PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT (PRA); RISK CRITERIA;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 14844333556     PISSN: 14753219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2005.006125     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. PRA Procedures Guide. A Guide for the Performance of Probabilistic Risk Assessments for Nuclear Power Plan (1983) USNRC, NUREG/CR- 2300, February 1.
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