Predicting fire-induced core damage frequencies - A simple "sanity check"

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

Volumn 94, Issue , 2006, Pages 202-204

  Gallucci, Raymond H V ^a  

^a U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

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EID: 33746071513     PISSN: 0003018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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