Fuzzy uncertainty modeling applied to AP1000 nuclear power plant LOCA

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1775-1786

  Guimarães, Antonio César Ferreira ^a   Lapa, Celso Marcelo Franklin ^a,b   Filho, Francisco Fernando Lamego Simões ^a   Cabral, Denise Cunha ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de CandT de Reatores Nucleares Inovadores   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AP1000; Fault tree; Fuzzy logic; LOCA; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; FUZZY LOGIC; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTOR CORES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS; AP1000; FAULT TREE ANALYSES (FTA); FAULT-TREES; LARGE BREAK LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 79957848717     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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