An estimation of an operator's action time by using the MARS code in a small break LOCA without a HPSI for a PWR

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 749-760

  Han, Seok Jung ^a   Lim, Ho Gon ^a   Yang, Joon Eon ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); ESTIMATION; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

HIGH PRESSURE SAFETY INJECTION SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC CODES; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT (PSA); SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (SAR);

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 33847398823     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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