Level-1 probability safety assessment of the Iranian heavy water reactor using SAPHIRE software

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1377-1409

  Faghihi, F ^a   Ramezani, E ^a   Yousefpour, F ^b   Mirvakili, S M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heavy water; Probability; PSA; Reactor; Safety; SAPHIRE

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

CORE DAMAGE; INITIATING EVENTS; PROBABILITY SAFETY ASSESSMENT;

HEAVY WATER REACTORS;

EID: 43249110840     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2007.10.002     Document Type: Review

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