Insights from fire PSA for enhancing NPP safety

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2359-2368

  Vinod, Gopika ^a   Saraf, R K ^a   Ghosh, A K ^a   Kushwaha, H S ^a   Sharma, P K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENTS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LOCATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PEELING; POWER PLANTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CORE DAMAGE FREQUENCY (CDF); DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); IN PLANTS; PLANT LOCATIONS; PROBABILISTIC MODEL (PM); PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT (PSA); RISK PARAMETER; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY;

FIRES;

EID: 48149104813     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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