Evaluation of error detection coverage and fault-tolerance of digital plant protection system in nuclear power plants

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 544-554

  Lee, Jun Seok ^a   Kim, Man Cheol ^a   Seong, Poong Hyun ^a   Kang, Hyun Gook ^b   Jang, Seung Cheol ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; ERROR DETECTION; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

DIGITALIZATION; PLANT PROTECTION SYSTEM; SAFETY ASSESSMENT;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 33645388430     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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