Risk-informed design process of the IRIS reactor

American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Analysis, PSA 05

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1139-1148

  Maioli, Andrea ^a   Finnicum, David J ^b   Oriani, Luca ^b   Leva, Chiara ^a   Lamperti, Davide ^a   Ricotti, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PROCESS CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUTOMATIC DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM; CORE DAMAGE FREQUENCY (CDF); INTERNATIONAL REACTOR INNOVATIVE AND SECURE (IRIS); RISK SCENARIOS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33745954775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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