Safety management in NPPs using an evolutionary algorithm technique

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 12-13, 2007, Pages 1445-1451

  Mishra, Alok ^a   Patwardhan, Anand ^b   Verma, A K ^b  

^a NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED   (India)

^b Indian Institute of Tehnology Bombay   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPECIFICATIONS;

MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK (MSLB); RISK-BASED ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (RBTS); SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 34249887954     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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