Development of a software tool for the analysis and verification of emergency operating procedures through the integrated simulation of plant and operators actions

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1340-1359

  Exposito A ^a   Queral, C ^a   Hortal, J ^a   Quiroga, A ^a   Ibarra, A ^a   Hulsund, J E ^a   Gonzalez I ^a   Jimenez G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT SINKS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; PROCESS DESIGN; VERIFICATION;

HUMAN RELIABILITY; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT (PSA); THERMALHYDRAULIC SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 44549085956     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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