A study on the effects of ESFAS STI modification on the unavailability of ESF actuated components

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2224-2233

  Lee, Yoon Hwan ^a   Jang, Seung Cheol ^a   Lee, Jin Hong ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; COMPONENT FAILURES; CORE DAMAGE FREQUENCY; ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURES; FAULT-TREES; KOREAN STANDARD NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; LARGE EARLY RELEASE FREQUENCIES; LOOP CONTROLLERS; PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL FAILURE; SURVEILLANCE TEST INTERVAL;

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS;

CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENTS;

EID: 79957697422     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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