A quantitative study on risk issues in safety feature control system design in digitalized nuclear power plant

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 850-858

  Kang, Hyun Gook ^a   Jang, Seung Cheol ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Digital; Fault tree; Risk information; Safety feature; Safety signal generation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; POWER PLANTS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

A-PLANT; AUTOMATED CONTROL; CASE STUDIES; CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGNS; DESIGN ISSUES; DIGITAL; FAILURE PROBABILITIES; FAULT TREE; FAULT TREES; NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER; PRESSURIZED REACTORS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK INFORMATION; RISK ISSUES; RISK MODELING; SAFETY FEATURE; SAFETY SIGNAL GENERATION; SAFETY-CRITICAL; SIGNAL DIVERSITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 50249127719     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2008.9711486     Document Type: Article

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