Hazard and operability study using approximate reasoning in light-water reactors passive systems

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1256-1263

  Guimarães, Antonio C F ^a   Lapa, Celso Marcelo Franklin ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY CONTROL; FUZZY SETS; INFERENCE ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIATION HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; LIGHT-WATER REACTORS PASSIVE SYSTEMS; RISK PRIORITY NUMBER (RPN); TRADITIONAL FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS (FMEA);

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 33748666431     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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